Camp Oakhurst - Camps for Disabled - New York

Author: Ian C. Langtree - View Credentials
Published: 4 Feb 2009 - Updated: 12 Jan 2015

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Synopsis

Camp Oakhurst operated by the New York Service for the Handicapped serves children and adults with physical disabilities.

Overview

Camp Oakhurst operated by the New York Service for the Handicapped serves children and adults with physical disabilities.

Camp Oakhurst is accredited by the American Camping Association and licensed by the New Jersey State Department of Health.

Everyone, including children and adults who have physical disabilities, needs a vacation away from home. Camp Oakhurst gives campers with disabilities a fun-filled summer vacation in a place where it's easy to participate in activities, make friends, feel accepted, and gain independence.

Located along the scenic New Jersey Atlantic coast (55 miles from New York City), serves individuals with disabilities that effect movement, coordination, and stamina. Children and adults with Cerebral Palsy, Muscular Dystrophy, Post Polio, Osteogenesis Imperfecta and similar conditions attend our programs.

Camp Oakhurst has an eight week summer program. The first six weeks are for children and teenagers between the ages of eight and nineteen. They have the option of attending for two, four, or six weeks. The final two weeks are for adults. Campers are grouped according to age, not disability.

Year-Round Out-Of-Home Respite:

The goal is to strengthen the entire family by giving the care giver timely breaks and the disabled family member a chance to live in a supportive environment outside the home. Family care givers who are coping with the long term responsibility of looking after a disabled relative at home need relief. They can get periodic respite breaks for a day, a weekend, or week or longer, while their disabled relative is cared for at Camp Oakhurst.

An Off-Season Vacation at Camp Oakhurst gives disabled adults a chance to spend time with friends in an informal, barrier free environment. They can participate in adapted recreational activities and enjoy a country setting.

Author Credentials: Ian C. Langtree is a writer, editor, and the founder and Editor-in-Chief of Disabled World, which he established in 2004 as one of the longest-running independent resources for disability news and information. Over more than two decades, he has written and edited thousands of articles on disability rights, health, accessibility, and assistive technology. Drawing on a global perspective shaped by extensive travel and lived experience, Ian is a committed advocate of the Social Model of Disability, the framework developed by disabled activists in the 1970s that focuses on removing societal barriers rather than on individual impairments. His writing is grounded in that framework and in a lasting commitment to disability rights, accessibility, and social inclusion. To learn more about Ian's background, expertise, and accomplishments, visit his full biography.