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GeneB
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17 Mar 2010, 12:17 pm

Check out the story on a camp for kids with special needs in this month's issue of Exceptional Parent. Summit Camp, located in PA. Enrollment is going on now for summer sessions! Summit Camp in PA.



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18 Mar 2010, 10:22 am

two of my freinds went there went they were younger



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18 Mar 2010, 12:18 pm

Make sure it actualy is geared twoards AS kids. I went to a special needs camp that was more geared twoards physicaly handicapped kids and those with Down Syndrome or mental retardation. I hated it and have very bad memories from it. It was not worth it.



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18 Mar 2010, 12:24 pm

I looked at the prices and couldn't possibly afford it, even if I were to decide it was appropriate. Boy Scout camp is $300 a week - we're sticking to Boy Scout camp. My AS son has been fine there.


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18 Mar 2010, 12:56 pm

DW_a_mom wrote:
I looked at the prices and couldn't possibly afford it, even if I were to decide it was appropriate. Boy Scout camp is $300 a week - we're sticking to Boy Scout camp. My AS son has been fine there.


Boy Scouts are great for AS. I am now an AS adult and the structure of scouting was one of the few fond memories I had. Merit badges and the skills they teach are all iterative and mesh very well with a AS mindset and offer a way to gain achievement that isn't tied to AS, and is relatable to non-AS friends. Scout camp is a wonderful place and in my day AS was virtually an unknown term, but strangely I was surrounded by people I connected with. We are drawn to that kind of structure and it is a win-win for everyone.



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28 Mar 2010, 5:17 pm

Has anyone heard of Camp Akeela in Vermont?



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17 May 2019, 12:05 pm

mytwoguys wrote:
Has anyone heard of Camp Akeela in Vermont?


I've been there! I was there 2015-17, then one year of Beyond Akeela in Wisconsin. I thought it was really fun :D , for the most part..

When were you there?


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