The Center presents Compuplay Summer Camp and CompuClub each year, providing computer instruction to children with and without disabilities in a recreational setting. Additional information about volunteers experiences in Compuplay and CompuClub will be added in the coming weeks. Complete details about this collaboration are available here on our Web site . Kids learn about illnesses, procedures and coping and learn the definitions of difficult terms. The Network maintains Digital Clubhouses in Sunnyvale and at the New York Information Technology Center in Wall St.
Participants use the Internet to communicate with each other through email and through chat rooms.
The goal of this project is to help ease the transition from school to careers for youth with disabilities, as well as to heighten awareness and sensitivity to disability issues. About 25 online volunteers have participated so far. It's chat rooms are availble to youth with disabilities and their parents 24 hours a day, and feature special online chat presentations by the youth themselves. We would like to expand the resources on this page, by including others' suggestions and first hand narratives. If you would like to share information with the VV Project about your own experiences working virtually with volunteers or youth with disabilities, or you know of other online resources, please contact us .