This 40-page pdf-format handbook includes sections on understanding and adjusting to vision loss, low vision aids, and caregivers’ checklists for nurses, dining room staff, social workers, and others. (Requires Adobe Acrobat Reader.)
Source: Canadian National Institute for the Blind (CNIB)
Multiple Disabilities Resources
In addition to blindness or visual impairment, a child may have additional disabilities, such as cognitive, developmental, hearing, or mobility impairments. Every student with multiple disabilities presents a unique educational challenge. Teachers need specialized training and skills to understand how these students experience and understand the world. In this section, families and educators will find introductions to the educational needs of these students, as well as best practice and policy overviews.
Camp Waban
5 Dunaway Dr., Sanford 04073
for New England residents
(207) 490-9759
Website: www.waban.org
Email: kevin@waban.org
Accessible camping facilities for rent; participants must be accompanied by caregiver.
Source: Camp Waban
Pine Tree Camp
Camp in Oakland, Maine
Email: ptcamp@pinetreesociety.org
Pine Tree Camp offers a wide range of opportunities for people with disabilities and their families including overnight camp and day camp in the summer season as well as special programs in the fall, winter and spring.\
Abilities Unlimited: Kamp for Kids/Camp Togowauk
Westfield, Massachusetts
Integrated; for residents of Western Massachusetts.
Arlington Recreation: Club Rec
Arlington, Masachusetts
(781) 316-3880
Arlington residents have priority, others welcome if room.
Barnstable Recreation
Barnstable, Massachusetts
(508) 790-6345
Day programs for Barnstable residents.
Natick Recreation and Parks: Camp Arrowhead
Natick, Massachusetts
(508) 647-6530
For Greater Boston residents.
Girl Scouts of Spar of Spar and Spindle Council: Camp Maude Eaton
North Andover, Massachusetts
(617)-350-8335
For Merrimack Valley residents.
Greater Waltham ARC: Inclusive Summer Day Camp Program
Waltham Massachusetts
(781) 899-1344
Email: recreation@gwarc.org
Inclusive day camp programs.
Hampshire Regional YMCA
Northampton Massachusetts
(413) 584-7086
Email: INFO@HRYMCA.ORG
For Northampton area residents.
Ironstone Farm
Andover, Massachusetts
(978) 475-4056
Email: ironstone1960@gmail.com
For New England residents. Therapeutic riding program for children with special needs.
Newton Parks and Recreation: Newton Therapeutic Recreation Program
Newton, Massachusetts
(617) 796-1527
For local area residents. Recreational programs for children with special needs.
Perkins School for the Blind
Watertown, Massachusetts
(617) 972-7434; (617) 972-7586 FAX
Email: outreach@perkins.org
For New England residents. Referral required; Outreach Programs and summer programs.
Springfield Parks Department: Camp Star
Camp in Forest Park
Springfield, Massachusetts
(413) 787-7779
For Springfield area residents. Program for children with disabilities served under the 766 program.
United Cerebral Palsy/Northern Berkshire Support Services: Sports and Recreation Program
Pittsfield, Massachusetts
(413)-442-4077
Email: adonahue@ucpberkshire.org
For residents of northern Berkshire Co. with diagnosed disabilities.
New Visions offers information to professionals and parents working with infants and children with feeding, swallowing, oral-motor, and pre-speech problems.
Source: New Visions
Lions Bear Lake Camp
Lapeer, Michigan
Phone: 810-245-0726
Visually Impaired and Blind Youth Camp
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth Camp and Family Camp
Camp Dakota (sponsored by the Arthritis Foundation Michigan Chapter)
This site is a resource for parents, featuring a range of articles and links on communication, socialization, orientation and mobility, and transition, and more. Also in Spanish.
Source: Family ConnectThis section of Dr. Virginia Bishop's guide, Infants and Toddlers with Visual Impairments, offers an overview of young children with multiple disabilities.
Source: Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired (TSBVI)Malaysian educators discuss multiple disabilities and their educational implications.
Source: International Council for the Education of People with Visual Impairment (ICEVI)