Located on a 300-acre ranch near Austin, Marbridge offers a varied recreational program to campers with a developmental disability or a cognitive challenge. Activities are adapted to meet campers' interest, skill and age levels and positively reinforce the progress that each person makes in problem solving, interpersonal communications, self-assurance and independent living tasks. Out-of-camp day trips, horseback riding, swimming and a low ropes course are part of the program. All applicants must be ambulatory.
| Name | Marbridge Summer Camp |
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| Location | Manchaca, TX |
| Year-round Contacts | 512-282-1144 |
| Program Focuses & Features | Aquatics, Asperger's Syndrome, Autism, Baseball, Basketball, Cerebral Palsy, Crafts, Dance, Equestrian, Hiking, Intellectual Disabilities, Learning Disabilities, Music, Pervasive Development Disorder, Ranch, Riding, Softball, Speech & Language Disorders, Swimming, Traumatic Brain Injury |
| Age Range | Residential — Coed Ages 16-30 |
| Application Deadline | April |
| Director | Barbara Bush, Director |
| Residential Fee | $665 (+$10-20), 1 week. |
| Year Established | 1999 |
| Dates & Sessions | June-Aug; 98 sessions, 1 week long |