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If you’re talking Camp Jened in upstate New York, a place that welcomed kids with disabilities for a generation, the answer is yes. “It was a utopia,” camper Denise Sherer Jacobson recalls ...
The URJ Camp & Israel Programs is the largest Jewish camping system in the world, comprising 14 summer camps across North America, including specialty camps in science & technology, creative arts, and sports, [9] [10] and programs for youth with special needs. [11] Many of the camps have long provided the opportunity for high school pupils to ...
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Crip Camp starts in 1971 at Camp Jened, a summer camp in New York described as a "loose, free-spirited camp designed for teens with disabilities". [4] Starring Larry Allison, Judith Heumann, James LeBrecht, Denise Sherer Jacobson, and Stephen Hofmann, the film focuses on those campers who became activists in the disability rights movement and follows their fight for accessibility legislation.
The inclusive day camp for people with disabilities and their siblings, offered through MSU's Community Music School, will celebrate its 22nd year in June.
The Camphill Movement is an initiative for social change based on the principles of anthroposophy.Camphill communities are residential communities and schools that provide support for the education, employment, and daily lives of adults and children with developmental disabilities, mental health problems, or other special needs.
Eliminating or scaling back DEI will jeopardize programs that have helped many underserved groups receive a fair shot at opportunities and feel more embraced in the workplace, advocates of DEI say.
Travel opportunities for adults with I/DD include weekend trips and extended vacations with domestic and international destinations. YAI also offers an award-winning inclusive camping experience in the Catskills called 'YAI: Mainstreaming at Camp' [7] to children and teens with developmental and learning disabilities, ages 8 and up.