Special Needs Camps: There Really Is a Program for Everyone (Special Needs Camps.pdf) by Tiffany Carboni for Bay Area Parent.
Access Leisure Camps – a variety of camps in the Sierras, including Camp Nejedly, a wilderness camping experience for youth ages 10 to 18 with physical disabilities (visitwww.wamplerfoundation.org to see a video and learn more about the camp) and WAVE Camp (Water Adventures in Varied Environments), based at California State University Sacramento and open to children and young adults 10 to 25 years old with physical disabilities.
Children’s Health Council – With a highly skilled staff, Camp F.U.N. embraces children who are looking to have fun with others but may struggle or have struggled in a previous camp. The camp is designed to provide support for children who may have difficulty getting started, managing transitions, understanding expectations, reading social cues or managing high energy or shyness so they may enjoy the fun of camp.
Child Development Centers – Your camper will find endless things do and learn in park-like settings, with water play, crafts, nature exploration, and plenty of sports and games on our well maintained vast fields and sport courts. Everyone enjoys short rest periods in our air conditioned lounge areas, grabbing healthy snacks, and hanging out with new friends. Plus our Field Trips take kids to all the best local places. This is serious summer fun! Program Address: 6 Sunnyvale Locations, Los Altos, CA 94086. Winter Address: 4340 Stevens Creek #260, San Jose, CA 95129.
Junior Sports Camp for the Physically Disabled – Co-sponsored by Far West Wheelchair Sports, the City of San Jose and San Jose State University, a residential or day camp for kids ages 5-21 designed to introduce and instruct kids in both recreational and competitive wheelchair sports, such as soccer, hockey, water skiing, sailing and tae kwon do. Overnighters stay in the San Jose State dorms. This camp has been operating for over 25 years, so they have lots of experience with all kinds of disabilities. 1677 Park Ave., San Jose, 408-794-1443.
Quest Therapeutic Camps – Camps for children ages 6-18 with behavioral, emotional and social functioning issues. Held at Menlo College.
Saratoga Springs Super Stars – offers children ages 4-14 of all abilities nature, hiking, swimming, great staff and old-fashioned summer camp fun at 100+ acre private park in the Saratoga foothills. www.saratoga-springs.com 22801 Big Basin Way, Saratoga, CA 95070, 408-867-3016.
Camps paid for by San Andreas Regional Center:
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•Camp Krem (Boulder Creek, 510-222-6662)
•Camp Lots of Fun (Aptos, 888-825-2267)
•Camp Harmon (Boulder Creek, 831-684-2380)
•Far West Wheelchair Athletics (San Jose (SJSU), 408-369-6948)
•Kid Quest (Soquel, 831-464-8669)
•Mount Hermon Camp (Mount Hermon, 831-335-4466)
•Stepping Stones Autism (San Jose, 888-357-0571)
•Via West (Camp Costanoan) (Cupertino, 408-243-7861)