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…
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…
