Meet Bebel Yen, a 17 year old volunteer at our Mountain View, CA program. “My first experience with autism was mainly through social media. Autism is always shown on tv as a disability and that all people with the disability are the same. But within seconds the kids walked in, I realized I was completely…
On Sunday mornings, you’ll find Craig Marshall running up and down a tennis court, leading a lively group at the Parker Racquet Club. A handful of kids take over Court 1 with racquets in hand, practicing drills ahead of their match. Read Full Article
Meet JP Smith, a 14 year old participant at our Lexington, KY program. “JP had “Brown-Out” seizures early on and was diagnosed with ADHD at 5 years old but everything changed when he was diagnosed with autism,” his father Darrell remembered. When a child at his school was being evaluated, the University of Kentucky students asked…
Meet Gianna Carlevaris, a 16 year old volunteer from our Burlingame, CA program. I’ve always loved volunteering, but there’s something totally different at ACEing Autism. Through working with one child for the whole session, it allowed me to create a strong bond and see his growth and how he became more focused as the weeks…
With picture-perfect weather and on beautiful blue and green courts, eight children with autism spectrum disorder came for their first tennis lesson with ACEing Autism’s Washington, D.C. program held at the William Fitzgerald Tennis Center in September. Read Full Article
Tucson’s JCC is joining a growing network of facilities across the country that helps kids and teens with autism play and interact with others through tennis. Next Sunday’s launch of the ACEing Autism program at the Tucson JCC, 3800 E. River Road, is the idea of Miguel Coelho, who moved from Barcelona in 2018. Since…
Livingston residents and tennis-lovers Erik Trojian and Geline Midouin were watching a segment on the Tennis Channel when they discovered ACEing Autism, a tennis program for children and teens with autism spectrum disorder. Read Full Article
Today we’d like to introduce you to Richard Spurling. Them and their team share their story with us below. ACEing Autism was founded in the summer of 2008 by Richard Spurling & Dr. Shafali Jeste in Boston, MA as a family run organization with the invaluable efforts of its volunteers & supporters. We launched our…
A Lexington program is using the sport of tennis to help transform the lives of kids with autism. ACEing Autism is a national organization, and the first Kentucky chapter was founded just last fall. The goal is to help children with autism spectrum disorder find friends and fitness through affordable access to tennis. Read Full…
April is World Autism Month and we are helping spread the word about this awesome organization: ACEing Autism is on a mission for children with autism to grow, develop and benefit from social connections and fitness through affordable tennis programming, uniquely serving individual needs while filling a national void for this growing and worthy population.…
