August 27th, 2009 by El Ed Mom

My son Leo is at his first-ever week-long camp for kids with special needs. He is thrilled to be there, and shrugged off my flurry of worried-mom departing hugs and kisses in favor of bouncing on his bed and holding hands with his aide: a young man who volunteered to spend his summer being a cheerleader, best friend, and 24/7 caregiver for kids who couldn’t attend camp without 1:1 aides like him.

What an astounding young man. And even more amazing: the camp was overrun with kind, helpful, energetic young adults just like him, blazingly positive people dedicated to their campers having the best week ever ever ever.

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