At the four-day program, campers stay in the Quinnipiac dorms, attend physical therapy sessions, learn about prosthetics and other equipment and are taught life hacks such as how to tie their shoes, put their hair in a ponytail or climb stairs.
Anya Rhodes, 8, of Newton Mass., right, plays a game with a hula hoop during Camp No Limits, Friday, July 14, 2023 at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. Camp No Limits is helping train students at Quinnipiac University with a four-day program, run and staffed by students in the university's physical and occupational therapy program on the school's campus.
Founded in 2004, Camp No Limits holds sessions in Maine, Missouri, Maryland, Florida, Idaho, Arizona, Texas, California and a special one in Connecticut, where the counselors are physical and occupational therapy students at Quinnipiac University, a private school with about 9,000 undergraduate and graduate students.
“She was able to get on a bike today and for the first time since her amputation last year,” Rhodes said. “So it’s a big opportunity not only to just be around other people and differences, but also for her to try new things.” “There are other kids out there, but depending on what circles you travel in, you just don’t see them that often," Rosanne Keep said. "So it’s a good opportunity for her to meet some other kids, talk about, you know, what they’re going through, and also just as parents to meet other parents who are facing the same difficulties. It's just good mentally.”
“I love that we’re able to do this connection,” said Mary Leighton, a physical therapist and the camp’s founder and executive director. “When I was in school, we really had a very limited amount of time that was spent discussing amputees or individuals with limb differences."
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