Ellington tennis players are excited to welcome new participants with autism to the sport. The Ellington Racquet Club, opening this fall with tennis and pickleball courts, will begin offering an athletic program in October for people with autism. It will be modeled on ACEing Autism, a national volunteer-driven, nonprofit organization dedicated to helping children with…
Thanks to the efforts of Friends’ Central School junior Maddy Jackson and others, a recent fundraiser at Legacy Tennis Center raised more than $3,000 for ACEing Autism. The event included a round robin tennis tournament that included 31 players. Jackson, who plays tennis for Friends’ Central, said, “This whole event couldn’t have been possible…
As some of the world’s top players competed in the Cincinnati Open two courts at the Lindner Family Tennis Center, were set aside for a special purpose. The third annual ACEing Autism event took place. It included the group’s Program Directors from around the country and both parents and children with autism were invited to…
Tempe, AZ – The Intercollegiate Tennis Association (“ITA”) is proud to announce today a newly formed partnership between the association and ACEing Autism. As the 2014 recipient of the USTA National Adaptive Tennis Community Service Award, ACEing Autism has served communities across the country for over 15 years. Their mission includes, “helping children with…
Meet Hayden Smith, a 7-year-old athlete from our Atlanta, GA program. Hayden tried soccer but his mother, LeKeshia Smith, didn’t feel like he quite fit in. So, she was thrilled to find a program her son felt he belonged to when they started at ACEing Autism. “Hayden loves spinning and the volunteers spinned with him,…
Meet Connor W, a 14-year-old player from our Evanston, IL program. He loves Spider-Man, Star Wars, and now tennis. As Connor’s mom, Suzanne Jakstavich, said: “I love ACEing Autism because of the community we’ve created. It’s a community for my son but it’s also a community for me because of the friendships I’ve built and…
As a child, I played racket sports. I have memories of badminton battles amongst fall foliage in suburban NC, church tennis tournaments in the summer, and epic ping pong matches. In the winter, my sister and I would don puffer jackets and head to the garage – each of us swinging with a bit more…
Aceing Autism is a national organization that helps children thrive through the sport of tennis. It’s had a profound impact on countless families who are part of an underserved, yet growing population. Chris Hayre attended one of the clinics at the nearby Claremont chapter Watch Video
Meet Elizabeth (Lizzie) Fear, a 13-year old athlete from our Lexington, KY program, who was diagnosed with Down syndrome and then autism. “The biggest gift for me is to see her grow, seeing her go from playing a child’s game to playing tennis and seeing a smile on her face when she reaches a new…
“When I first saw the West Coast award, I was with my parents. My coach texted me the news, and I started leaping up, yelling ‘I got it!’ and it made my day. Then, when the National award came out, I couldn’t contain my smile,” Rohun Krishnan, a former Program Director for our Claremont program…
