Camp at UW-EC helps young adults with Asperger's get a head start on college

 

 “It’s been great,” said Dan Allaire, camp participant from Stillwater, Minn.

Camp Campus, a program that offers young adults with Asperger’s, a high-functioning form of autism, a chance to spend a week at University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire living as college students.

This year’s program started Sunday and wraps up Friday. The camp includes social skills development, financial management, fitness training and one-on-one meetings with academic faculty.

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   Council of Administrators of Special Education, a Division of CEC shared a link.

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The University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire recently held a summer camp that seeks to prepare young adults with Asperger's syndrome for campus and academic life. Campers met with...

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