Aspire, a Mass General Brigham program, runs a summer day camp at Hale Reservation in Westwood for children ages 5 to 13 who, in the program's own words, identify with an ASD (levels 1 and 2), Asperger's or a similar social profile. The six-week Adventure Camp applies a therapeutic curriculum focused on self-awareness, stress management and social competency, with participants in peer groups of four to six supported by two Aspire staff. Camp is offered as Adventure Camp for ages 7 to 13, a half-day Adventure Camp Junior for ages 5 to 7 and Trailblazers for ages 12 to 13; separate six-week summer programs serve teens 14 to 19 and young adults 16 to 22. All new applicants complete an intake assessment interview carrying a $75 non-refundable fee; the camp states it is ACA-accredited and financial aid, sibling and multi-group discounts are available.
The practical details
We list only what the camp itself publishes, and programs change — dates, prices, ages and availability can all move after we check. Confirm the details on the camp’s own website and contact Jill Dyment directly before you register or pay. Last checked August 2026.
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★★★★Madeline HenzerGood for autism. Good for life skills. Staff is friendly and accommodating. Good place to make friends. Awesome place except that they say autism is not a disease and just an identity and glorify autism when it can be debilitating. They act like severe cases cannot exist. They undermine the right and search for an autism cure.
★★★★★GabbooNormally, I never write public reviews. However, I admire Aspire’s work of helping kids on the ASD spectrum grow and develop as amazing people. I’m autistic and I’ve been to their explorations program (where teens who are also on the autism spectrum visit new places including the city of Boston), and it has improved my stamina of visiting larger places and helped me overcome my challenges of severe anxiety, AND I made awesome friends throughout the program!!!!. This place REALLY should deserve 5 stars because it is such an inclusive space for kids with autism and is so accepting of all races and genders with no discrimination :) plus I gotta say, the staff is SO NICE!!! 😁❤️ SHOUT OUT TO KELLSEY AND IZ FOR BEING AWESOME!
★Van NessyAspire described their programming in an way that made me think it was a great program. However, the staff were not trained and damaged my child rather then helping them grow. Note this rating scale requires you to select a star to post but the intention was to post this with zero stars.
★★★★★Francois
★★★★★Elise Wulff