The school year is about to come to a close. Are you itching for a fun-filled summer? If you’re looking for tons of fun, try a disability summer camp. Summer camps will soon be opening their doors again. They’re dusting off their beds and getting ready for YOU, and disability summer camps are where you’re sure to have some of the most fun of your life. They offer accessible tubing, accessible horseback riding, accessible everything. There’s bonfires, swimming, boating and more.
When I was a young, my mom forced me to go to summer camp because she thought it‘d be good for me. I cried, I was scared, I did not want to go. I thought it was going to be super boring, but boy was I wrong. By the time the week was over, and my Mom was there to pick me up, I realized I had fallen in love with summer camp! I was around kids my age who were just like me, and for once I didn’t feel like the “girl in the wheelchair” anymore. I was Tiffiny, the blonde girl. And the same would be true for you too.
At summer camp, I felt like I was like everyone else – because I was. I did not stand out. I was not made fun of. Helping me wasn’t a big deal. My wheelchair wasn’t a surprise. They all loved to help me, and I did so many fun things. I went in the indoor accessible pool, I learned how to square dance in my wheelchair, I learned how to paint, I gardened, I sung songs around a bonfire, I even had my first kiss at summer camp (ssh don‘t tell). Summer camp was the best vacation ever!
One of the best things about disability summer camps, other than the accessible activities, are the people you’ll meet. From the camp counselors to fellow campers, your disability will be invisible. You’ll make friends that will last a lifetime and you’ll meet smiley happy people you’ll cherish forever. It can be scary leaving home and going to summer camp, but the awesome disability camps all around the country are just too good to pass up.
To find an accessible summer camp near you, visit MySummerCamps.com
Is your child going to camp this summer? Do you have a fun summer ‘campfire’ story to share?
thanks for sharing this I work at an Easter Seals Camp in Canada going on my third year and as a counsoller I absolutly love it and I know the campers do too