It's a break from mainstream schools where these kids are often left out of visual activities.
"In school, they're often known as the blind kid, and here, they're the singer or the artist or the dancer because everybody's blind," Trollo said."We're all friends because we're all the same," 11-year-old camper Sophia Allard said.
Helen Keller Camp is free to participants, funded through donations and state grants but what's priceless, say kids and campers, is the acceptance. "This is probably one of the best jobs in the world, and just being around all these kids is great. And to be able to play any kind of sports and do all the types of activities that any other camp would be able to do is amazing," sports director Reid Erickson said.Camp Helen Keller is open to eligible low-vision children from Nassau, Suffolk and Queens. For more information, visit
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