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Autism Summer Camps in Naples, Florida

Naples is affluent but small, and summer camp is where that shows. There is no large dedicated autism camp here that we could verify. What works is treating Southwest Florida as one region, using CARD's county-filterable directory, and starting the search in January rather than March.

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CARD-USF — Out-of-School Time (OST) Directory

University-based camp directory

Directory of summer camps, swim lessons and childcare programs, filterable by category and county. CARD-USF's Southwest Florida office serves Collier, Lee and Charlotte counties; phone 239-590-7769. Free, disability-aware and refreshed — the best annual starting point, and in a thin market the phone call finds more than the filter.

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Family Initiative

Regional autism nonprofit

Southwest Florida autism services organization. Worth contacting directly for current community programming and recommendations — organizations working with families year-round know about options that never reach directories.

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Southwest Florida Sensory-Friendly Activities Roundup

Regional listing

Tracks sensory-friendly activities and programming across Fort Myers, Naples and Southwest Florida. Useful for assembling a patchwork summer of shorter activities when full-time camp is not the right answer.

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Very Special Camps — Florida

Statewide camp directory

Statewide directory of Florida special needs summer camps, useful when Collier and Lee options do not fit the right age range or support level — particularly for residential options elsewhere in the state.

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