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All Access Maker Camp is a fun week of exploring the Intrepid Museum, solving problems, experimenting with new tools and technology, designing projects, and making friends! This camp is specifically for children ages 8 –14 with developmental disabilities, including autism.

The camp provides an in-depth learning opportunity for campers to practice social-emotional skills, including problem-solving, communication and collaboration. Campers try out design challenges related to the ship, aircraft and space, and they go behind the scenes to meet with experts.

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OVERVIEW OF STAFF AND RESOURCES



    All staff and interns are specially trained in working with children with disabilities in the museum setting. Visual schedules, illustrated instructions, multisensory opportunities and clear expectations help campers transition into the week, focus on the tasks at hand and have fun. Campers learn about and use a wide range of materials, both low-tech (LEGOs, clay, foil, craft supplies) and high-tech (robotics kits, computer-assisted design software and 3D printers), as they solve problems, experiment and innovate.

     

WHEN


 
 
For First Time Campers:

    Spring: April 10 – 14, 2023
    Summer: August 14 – 18, 2023

  For Previous All Access Maker Camp Campers:
   
 

HEALTH AND SAFETY


 
    Currently, facemasks are not required, though they are recommended when indoors. All Museum staff, volunteers and vendors are required to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

COST


    $75 for the week (includes all materials and snacks). Lunch and transportation are not provided.
 

HOW TO APPLY


    Enrollment is by online application. Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance. Museum staff select applicants based on their level of interest in the material, past experience, financial need and the overall dynamic of the group. The application requires submitting the child’s most recent Individualized Education Program (IEP) or similar documentation. Campers must be able eat and use the toilet independently.

    For spring session (April 10 – 14, 2023): Applications are due on Sunday, February 19, 2023.
    For summer session (August 14 – 18, 2023): Applications are due by Sunday, April 23, 2023.
    Application Link for First-Time Campers

    If your child previously attended All Access Maker Camp any year from 2016-2022 (including Camp 2.0), they are invited to apply for All Access Maker Camp 2.0 during the week of August 21 – 25. Applications are due by April 23, 2023.
    Application Link for Camp 2.0 (returning campers)

 

CAMP 2.0


    All Access Maker Camp 2.0 welcomes previous campers back for another week of solving problems, experimenting with tools and technology, and designing projects! Campers will expand on the sea, air and space design challenges and social-emotional skill-building from their first session. They will revisit both low and high-tech tools and materials and try out new ones. Campers will have the opportunity to dig deeper into their favorite topics and have fun in a now-familiar setting where there is still much to discover.

    Dates: August 21 – 25, 2023, from 9:00am to 3:00pm each day
    Cost: $75 for the week (includes all materials and snacks). Lunch and transportation are not provided.

    Enrollment is by online application. Museum staff select applicants based on their level of interest in the material, past experience, financial need and the overall dynamic of the group. As time has passed since your child attended All Access Maker Camp, we appreciate your sharing updated information in the application, which requires submitting your child’s most recent Individualized Education Program (IEP) or similar documentation. Campers may be up to age 18. Applications are due by Sunday, April 23, 2023.
    Application Link for Camp 2.0 (returning campers)

    All Access Maker Camp at the Intrepid Museum is generously funded by the J.E. & Z.B. Butler Foundation, and The Barker Welfare Foundation. The Museum’s education programs are also supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs in partnership with the City Council, and the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

See also:

-	ACCESS FAMILY PROGRAMS ACCESS FAMILY PROGRAMS ACCESSIBILITY RESOURCES

Please contact us at access@intrepidmuseum.org or 646-381-5158 if you have further questions.

 

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