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In Vermont, A Summer Camp For Adults With Disabilities

NPR
Published August 28, 2017 at 1:45 PM EDT
Campers at Zeno Mountain Farms spend a month living in wheelchair-accessible tree houses, performing, making films and taking care of one another. (Jon Kalish/For VPR)
Campers at Zeno Mountain Farms spend a month living in wheelchair-accessible tree houses, performing, making films and taking care of one another. (Jon Kalish/For VPR)

Every summer, developmentally disabled adults spend a month on Zeno Mountain in Lincoln, Vermont. Some of them get to live in wheelchair accessible tree houses, ride a water slide into a pond and put on a musical in a big barn.

Jon Kalish (@kalishjon) reports on a unique summer camp.

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