Extreme Sports Camp - Aspen

An overnight summer camp in Aspen, Colorado, where older children with autism spectrum disorders can safely engage in sustained physical activities and find personal growth through a supportive, individualized, and adaptive program of recreational sports. Unlike their typical peers, children with autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) have few opportunities to experience the more advanced, age-appropriate physical activities which truly challenge them. Extreme Sports Camp provides this opportunity and the underlying instructional approach to realize it.

The sports chosen by Extreme Sports Camp foster motor planning and skills that can lead to higher cognitive function and improved behavior. The activities chosen can be individualized, are free of complicated rules, and are intrinsically fun and motivating to the average ASD child no matter what level of mastery they have achieved. The sports are available in most communities, so learning gained at camp can be generalized and strengthened back home.

The goals for our campers are threefold: (a) to foster the long term incorporation of recreational sports into daily life which is so important to human physical and mental health; (b) to improve cognitive, linguistic, motor, and social skills through physical action and group interaction; and (c) to promote personal growth and independence. For more information click here.