VIDBE-Q Volume 67 Issue 3
Karen Koehler, kkohler@shawnee.edu
Doug Sturgeon, dsturgeon@shawnee.edu,
Shawnee State University
Going to summer camp is one of the many experiences we all remember
from childhood and can be an integral part of a child's social, emotional, and
educational development. Thousands of children of all ages attend summer camps
each year, but these camps are rarely designed for or accessible to children with
low incidence sensory disabilities (blind/low vision, Deaf/hard of hearing,
deafblind). The specialized camps that do exist may be inaccessible to children
who live outside of the large metropolitan areas of the state due to the inability of
parents to transport the child to and from camp. Having limited access to these
specialized camps leaves children at a disadvantage to maintaining and building
necessary skills in the areas of orientation and mobility, recreation and leisure,
academic support, self-determination, social skills, compensatory access, and other
areas of the expanded core curriculum (ECC).
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: Summer Camp Experiences for
Children with Low Incidence Sensory Disabilities
