Updated March 2011
Updated by Kyrie Dragoo, NICHCY
Enjoy NICHCY’s quick connect to camps and summer opportunities. Some of the listings below identify camps available to all children, while some are especially for children who have disabilities. It is also very likely that your community has summer camps or recreational opportunities available that you won’t find listed here.
To find out what’s available in your community, consult local sources of information such as your child’s teachers, parks and/or recreation departments, area private schools, religious organizations, other community groups, parent centers, and fellow parents.
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General Camp Info and Opportunities
American Camp Association | www.campparents.org
Association of Independent Camps | www.aiccamps.org
Camp Channel | www.campchannel.com/campers/search
CampPage Guide to Summer Camps | www.camppage.com/
Kids’ Camps | www.kidscamps.com
My Summer Camps | www.mysummercamps.com
Summer Camp Search |
http://summercamps.com/cgi-bin/summercamps/search.cgi
Camps for Those with Special Needs
Be sure to check out the National Center on Physical Activity & Disability‘s Fun & Leisure section on camp resources, available at:
http://www.ncpad.org/fun/fact_sheet.php?sheet=88&view=all
And now let’s look at camps that are described as supporting children with specific types of disabilities. The list is alphabetized according to the disabilities mentioned.
Amputees and Those with Limb Differences
http://www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/Kidscamps.html
Chronic, Life-Threatening Illnesses or Disabilities
Use the Resource Finder on the home page. Camps is a term you can search by.
http://bravekids.org
Cancer
http://www.ped-onc.org/cfissues/camps.html
Deaf or Hard of Hearing
http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/Clerc_Center/Information_and_Resources/Info_To_Go/Resources/Summer_Camps_for_Deaf_and_Hard_of_Hearing_Children.html
Diabetes
www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/camps
Diabetes
http://www.diabetescamps.org/
Easter Seals Directory of Day and Residential Camps
http://www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_directory_camprec
Hemiplegia and Stroke (CHASA)
http://www.chasa.org/summercamps.htm
Special Needs in the Metro New York Area
Search by “camps.”
http://www.resourcesnycdatabase.org/resources
Special Needs Camps
http://www.mysummercamps.com/camps/Special_Needs_Camps/index.html
Special Needs Camps
http://www.campresource.com/summer-camps/special-needs-camps.cfm
Really now, why don’t they have summer camp for grown-ups?! In which of the above would YOU enjoy spending a long summer day? Well, guess what. There’s actually a site identifying grown-up camps—its tagline is “Why should kids have all the fun?” Use the link below to connect with “fantasy camps, recreational adventures, volunteer & enrichment vacations for the adult traveler!”
http://www.grownupcamps.com
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