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Oceaneer Club: appropriate for special needs kids?
Another reader wanted to know if her 9-year-old developmentally delayed daughter would be OK in the ship’s Oceaneer Club, a child-friendly oasis supervised by youth counselors and open to children between the ages of 3-10. I can virtually guarantee your child will have a blast here. The counselors I talked to said they’ve had a child with no verbal skills and confined to a wheelchair partake in the activities, making cupcakes, etc. They’ve had children with autism in the club, too. While they can’t promise one-on-one attention, the counselors (many of whom have training with special needs kids) clearly target their attention to the kids who look like they need…