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My son has type one diabetes, which means constant insulin and blood sugar monitoring with…read morepotential for dangerous low blood sugar. My husband and I take off work to be present. This is the first time they've had a child with type one diabetes because there is no nurse on staff. I am a pediatrician and worked with Hillary who is wonderful. Unfortunately, there's a woman who is an assistant director named Marianne. She has been rude and very difficult in limiting our access to our son. They actually denied us a program after they had said we could do it because they didn't feel their staff was prepared. Our son who is 9 was told this just as the program was starting. This was unnecessary because we were present and they knew we were available to watch his blood sugar, but Marianne seems to want us not to be close to him for what would appear like preferential treatment, They also told us they are concerned that his phone had lost Battery power which is something we can fix in 5 to 10 minutes. His phone reads his blood sugars and transmits them to us. The counselor seem to be great and accommodating, but this administrator interrupted me and said she wasn't done talking and talked over me and said I wasn't fit to be around kids when she did not know I was a pediatrician. She does not want me near my son because it looks bad to other parents who want to be near their kids. Beyond my feeling that they're in direct violation of ADA I am letting my son continue here because he loves the program. We are only on day three and I hope Marianne has a change of heart for how she addresses other parents of children with special needs. She comes off very condescending and pushy. For the Friday swimming program, she doesn't want me to have access to the pool because it looks bad to other parents. She prefers to come out of the swimming area to me outside of the pool so that I can check his blood sugars and give him insulin. If only she could walk a day in his shoes. She says that she works with children with special needs and of course let a child with a wheelchair participate, but I don't believe it by her behavior with me and my husband. Perhaps she just doesn't know what it's like to be a parent of a child with special needs. My son was in tears when we told him he couldn't participate in that after camp program. They had previously said yes. A child should never be excluded for a medical condition after it was approved and especially not to their face without a kind apology. He was told it was for his safety that he could not participate. This was one of the worst things that I wanted to hear. We are constantly trying to prove to him that he can do anything in spite of having type 1 diabetes. My hope is that this gets back to Marianne so that she can consider how she spoke to me this morning. There was never an apology on her end. Additionally, one of my patients told me that her friends child gained 9 pounds over one camp session. The food is disgusting and they offer Oreo cookies in the morning and every meal that you can order here comes with donuts or a cupcake. They give otterpops and sugar nonstop.

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Daughter recently went for three days here and had a lot of good things to say about the food and…read morestaff! She enjoyed the rocket launch, stargazing, zip line, and the lift up into the tree. First true experience away from home without family like many others. She only had good things to say about the staff and food options. Luckily no bed bug issues like prior reviews. Shout out to Beatrice for being awesome with the kids! -2 stars for the bathroom/shower situations. It doesn't sound like there are many bathrooms for the amount of kids there. She mentioned some being clogged and feeling rushed due to several others needing to use the bathrooms. There were so many activities that she felt like there weren't many breaks to use the bathroom. In her dorm there were only 2 bathrooms/showers. They got back late after 9pm and rushed to squeeze people through to shower. People were barging in having to use the bathroom as others showered. Apparently the shower curtain was so minimal, another girl used an extra bed sheet to help create privacy, which all the girls appreciated. Maybe add a couple port-a-potties?! Might be wrong, but also sounded like not many trustworthy sources for water and hydration outside of meal time.

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