Summer Camps for Children with Disabilities

Introduction

Here are some resources for finding a summer camp. Some of these identify camps available to all children and 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 these local sources of information—your child’s teachers, parks and/or recreation departments, area private schools, religious organizations, other community groups, parent centers, and fellow parents.

Camp List for Children with Cancer
The Candlelighters Childhood Cancer Foundation
National Office
P.O. Box 498
Kensington, MD 20895-0498
(800) 366-2223; (301) 962-3520
E-mail: staff@candlelighters.org
Web: www.candlelighters.org/supportcamps.stm

Spina Bifida Association Summer Camp List
Spina Bifida Association of America
4590 MacArthur Boulevard, N.W., Suite 250
Washington, D.C. 20007-4226
(800) 621-3141; (202) 944-3285
E-mail: sbaa@sbaa.org
Web: www.sbaa.org

Camps 2008: A Directory of Camps and Summer Programs for Children and Youth with Special Needs and Disabilities in the Metro New York Area
Resources for Children with Special Needs, Inc.
Publications/Department B
116 E. 16th Street, 5th Floor
New York, NY 10003
(212) 677-4650
E-mail: info@resourcesnyc.org
Web: www.resourcesnyc.org
$33.00 including shipping and handling (available in English & Spanish)

Discover Camp: Considerations for Sending your Child with a Disability to Camp for the First Time
National Center on Physical Activity and Disability (NCPAD)
1640 W. Roosevelt Road
Chicago, IL 60608-6904
800-900-8086
Email: ncpad@uic.edu
Web: www.ncpad.org/get/discover/index.html or
www.ncaonline.org/discover/

Easter Seals Camping and Recreation List
Easter Seals-National Office
230 West Monroe Street, Suite 1800
Chicago, IL 60606
(800) 221-6827; (312) 726-6200 (Voice)
(312) 726-4258 (TTY)
E-mail: info@easterseals.com
Web: www.easterseals.com/site/PageServer?pagename=ntl_directory_camprec

Guide to Summer Camps and Summer Schools
2008-2009 (31st Edition)
Porter Sargent Publishers, Inc., c/o IDS
400 Bedford Street, Suite 322
Manchester, NH 03101
(800) 342-7470
E-mail: info@portersargent.com
Web: www.portersargent.com/SummerCamps_SummerSchools.htm
$45.00 hard-cover; $27.00 soft-cover (plus shipping and handling)

National Camp Association, Inc.
610 Fifth Avenue
P.O. Box 5371
New York, NY 10185
(800) 966-CAMP (2267); (212) 645-0653
E-mail: info@summercamp.org
Web: www.summercamp.org
(Explore CampQuest on this web site.)

Peterson's Summer Programs for Kids & Teenagers
Peterson's
2000 Lenox Drive
Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
(800) 338-3282
E-mail: info@petersons.com
Web: http://astore.amazon.com/petersonbooks-20/detail/0768921732/103-2578387-1129434
$22 (plus shipping and handling)

Web Sites

• American Camp Association
  www.campparents.org

• Association of Independent Camps
  www.aiccamps.org/

• Brave Kids: Camps and Resources for Children with Chronic, Life-Threatening Illnesses or Disabilities
  www.bravekids.org

• Camp Channel
  www.campchannel.com/docs/campsearch.html

• Camps for Children with Diabetes
  www.childrenwithdiabetes.com/camps

• The CampPage Guide to Summer Camps
  www.camppage.com

• CampResource.com: Special Needs Camps
  www.campresource.com/camps/spec_needs_camps.cfm

• Camp Search: The Search Engine for Camps
  www.campsearch.com/

• Children’s Hemiplegia and Stroke Association (CHASA)
  www.chasa.org/summercamps.htm

• Children's Oncology Camping Association
  www.coca-intl.org

• Diabetes Camping Association: Diabetes Camp Directory—U.S. Camps
  www.diabetescamps.org/uscamps.php

• Grown-Up Camps
  www.grownupcamps.com

• Kids' Camps
  www.kidscamps.com

• My Summer Camps
  www.mysummercamps.com

• National Center on Physical Activity & Disability (NCPAD) Fun & Leisure: Camp Resources
  www.ncpad.org/fun/fact_sheet.php?sheet=88&view=all

• Special Needs Camps
  www.mysummercamps.com/camps/Special_Needs_Camps/index.html

• Summer Camps for Amputees and Children with Limb Differences
  www.amputee-coalition.org/fact_sheets/Kidscamps.html

• Summer Camps for Children Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
  http://clerccenter.gallaudet.edu/InfoToGo/142.html

• Summer Camps for Kids with Learning and Attention Problems
  www.schwablearning.org/camp/index.asp

• Summer Camp Search
  http://summercamps.com/cgi-bin/summercamps/search.cgi