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A DRESSING room in Cusack Park will be turned into an Autism-friendly sensory room to help 60 children with additional needs enjoy a Clare GAA Cúl Summer Camp this week. Clare GAA Autism Activity Cúl Camp catering for children on the ASD spectrum ranging in age from six to 13 takes places in Cusack Park from 10am to 12 noon from August 2 to 4. Children with Autism and those with additional needs can sometimes become overwhelmed in an environment where there is a large group of people or if they are sensitive to noise. Providing sensory activities before the start of the inaugural two-hour camp last year proved to be very beneficial. The organisers of the second Clare GAA Summer Camp are anxious to build on the lessons from last year’s successful venture to ensure everything is done to make children with additional needs comfortable in a new group. Thirty children between the age of five and 16 who …
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