Autism camps in Florida
2 campswe have checked against the organisation’s own website. Day camps, overnight camps and respite weekends — including, where they exist, the ones that serve adults.
Ask about paying with waiver respite. Florida’s waiver is the iBudget Florida Waiver (APD), and respite hours can often be spent on camp, billed as out-of-home respite. Ask your case manager, and ask the camp whether they accept Florida waiver funding. How Florida’s waiver works →
Foundation for Dreams / Dream Oaks Camp
Bradenton, FL
Year-round therapeutic camping for children with disabilities and chronic illness, based in Bradenton. Camp formats often work well for children who find weekly clubs hard to sustain.
OCA — Opportunity, Community, Ability
Ages Early childhood through adulthood5165 Adanson Street, Orlando, FL 32804
A Central Florida nonprofit founded in 2008 serving children and adults with autism and other disabilities, from early childhood through adulthood. The recreation side runs after-school activities, school-break camps, Special Olympics training and the Running Man Theatre Company — theater being one of the formats that tends to work unusually well for verbal autistic young people. Their adult programs cover a Companion Program, First Flight Academy, and life-skills and vocational tracks, which matters because provision usually falls off a cliff at 18. Campuses in Orlando and Longwood.
Second campus at 280 S Ronald Reagan Blvd, Longwood, FL 32750. Open Monday–Friday 8am–5:30pm.
How to choose and fund a camp →
Waiver respite, Extended School Year, and the questions to ask before you register.
Floridaproviders & resources →
Therapy, schools, clubs and support, county by county.
Camps change age ranges, dates and fees every year — confirm directly before planning around anything here. Missing a camp, or spotted something wrong? Tell us.