Every family deserves a vacation – especially yours.
Camp Kaleidoscope is a joyful, inclusive retreat where autistic children and their families can relax, connect, and celebrate one another. We believe that every family deserves a vacation that honors each person’s individuality and supports authentic experiences of rest, play, and belonging.
2026 DATES
June 27 – 30
This was our first time at Camp Kaleidoscope and it was refreshing to visit a place where I (we) didn’t feel judged. The grounds were beautiful. We really appreciated the flexibility with food and that we could bring our own.”
– Parent, New Hamshire
The care your family needs to make memories.
At Camp Kaleidoscope, we affirm that autism is a natural part of human diversity. Our program provides opportunities for families to thrive in an environment that understands and embraces them as they are.
We offer the structure and support families need to truly unwind—whether that means time together, time apart, or time in nature. With inclusive activities, flexible routines, and staff who respect every individual’s communication and sensory needs, Camp Kaleidoscope nurtures connection and joy on each family’s own terms.
Here, every family belongs, every way of being is respected, and every moment is an opportunity to simply be.
Support
On the first day of camp, your family will meet your very own Family Partner, typically a graduate student studying speech language pathology, occupational therapy, or a related field. Your family partner is here to help facilitate camp life for your family and provide a helping hand to support your family retreat.
Activities
There’s time for everything at Camp Kaleidoscope, and every day offers new possibilities for every member of the family, together and as individuals. While all the kids spend the morning engaged in creativity, age-appropriate games, nature-based exploration, and supervised, unstructured play, adults have several dedicated hours to take a class, take a hike, or just take a nap.
In the afternoons and evenings, camp staff facilitate camp-wide activities for families and their family partners such as swimming, dance parties, and campfires.
See what a typical day looks like at Camp Kaleidoscope and the types of activities offered for kids, adults, and everybody.
Camp K is an amazing experience! It is the one place where you know everyone ‘gets’ what it means to raise a child on the spectrum. Our family can just relax and be ourselves.”
– Parent, Massachusetts
Lodging & Grounds
Common Ground Center is a 700-acre sustainable campus that offers the beauty of the Vermont outdoors with all of the facilities and amenities to make your stay with us convenient and comfortable. Tucked into this green landscape, you’ll find beautiful barn spaces that double as classrooms and stages, playgrounds, hiking trails, sport fields and courts, hammocks, and much more.
Your family’s cabin will be a cozy basecamp that’s tucked away in the woods, but still super close to all the action and amenities. Each unique cabin is close to the dining hall and the shared bathhouse, which offers indoor and outdoor showers, electricity, and flush toilets. You may also choose to tent camp on provided platforms or in the open field.
Get the lay of the land and see photos of our lodging and grounds.
The blessing of Camp Kaleidoscope helps us to experience the joy autism can bring when the world cares enough to create a space for us.”
– Camp Parent
Food
Meals at Camp Kaleidoscope are simple, plentiful, full of options…and homemade by our talented kitchen staff for you to sit back and enjoy with your family! We also plan out the menu ahead of time so families with selective eaters know what to expect.
Camp K is a community that offers a place for families like ours to be accepted for exactly what we are. At Camp K Autism is normal. Encircled by all of the extra support and understanding at Camp K allows the entire family to have a taste of the normalcy we thought we had completely lost.”
– Parent, Vermont
