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Camp Abilities Columbus Georgia A Sports Camp for youth who are blind or visually impaired Camp Abilities Georgia is a developmental sports camp for youth who are blind or visually impaired.

Campers & counselors participate in activities such as goalball, beep baseball, beep kickball and more. Camp Abilities was started in Brockport, NY to give sport opportunities to children with visual impairments. It has spread to many other locations in the United States and abroad. These camps have no affiliation or sponsorship with, nor do they receive any funding from The Research Foundation of The State University of New York or The State University of New York.

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Dr. Jeanine Fittipaldi-Wert, a professor at Columbus State University just completed the first Camp Abilities of Georgia in May of 2012. Dr Fittipaldi-Wert is the Assistant Director of Camp Abilities in Tucson, Arizona and is a certified adapted physical educator with 11 years of experience teaching children and adults with unique abilities. Camp Abilities is a comprehensive developmental sports camp for children with visual impairments. It provides children 1:1 instructional situations in various sporting and recreational activities such as beep baseball, beep kickball and goalball to name a few. It also focuses on providing a positive and motivational environment while promoting independence and the opportunity to socialize with other children with visual impairments. Dr. Lauren Lieberman established Camp Abilities, 16 years ago in Brockport, New York. Her vision was to expand camp to other areas. There are currently active camps in Brockport, NY, Alaska, Vermont, Pennsylvania, Arizona, Florida, Toronto (Canada), and Puerto Rico. Efforts are also under way to create camps in Ohio, Guatemala, and India. For more information, please contact Dr. Fittipaldi-Wert at 706-568-2203 or [email protected].

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