The Tennis for All Abilities effort at the 2025 US Open is an overall adaptive tennis program that includes the Para-Standing Invitational. Once you click the link below, you’ll need to scroll down the page to find the Tennis for All Abilities video. Read More
Thwack. Thwack. Thwack. Jack Marshall, age 7, is hitting a tennis ball over the net as a volunteer bounces one toward him. His mother, Jessica, is thrilled for Jack, who was diagnosed with autism at age 3. When Jack started attending tennis clinics with ACEing Autism last year, he could barely hold a racket. Now,…
It may sound modest when Kyle Coutray says, “I don’t absorb complex topics instantly.” Yet this is a senior pursuing two demanding majors, devoting his time at UCF to understanding the most complex system ever discovered — the brain —and turning that knowledge into tools that help people. Managing material at that level requires discipline,…
ACEing Autism, a national non-profit organization, recently made its debut in Charlottesville at the Boar’s Head Resort, offering weekly tennis lessons for children on the autism spectrum from ages 5 to 18. Sessions meet for 2 hours once a week for five weeks. For groups larger than 10, those 2 hour sessions are split into…
Not everyone knows what they want to do with their life as a young teen, but Donald Widener did – with a little help from his sister and a perceptive coach. Donald almost didn’t make it out of the hospital – he was a premature baby and the doctors discussed euthanizing him. Coming from a…
Tennis is making a huge social impact within communities across America, driven by ACEing Autism, whose mission is to connect children through tennis. ACEing Autism is proud to announce a new partnership that allows ACEing Autism to continue to introduce tennis into more children lives impacted with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASDs) with the help of…
In this episode of Startup Stories, host Sri Kakarla sits down with Richard Spurling, Founder and Executive Director of ACEing Autism. Since its launch in 2008, ACEing Autism has expanded to over 200 programs across 31 states, serving thousands of children with autism and their families through the sport of tennis. Richard shares the challenges…
The courts at Boar’s Head Resort may be quiet now but soon, they’ll be filled with energy, laughter, and plenty of encouragement. ACEing Autism is gearing up for its first session in Charlottesville and it’s looking for participants to help make it happen. “Tennis is kind of just being used as an avenue to teach…
There are two things to know about Buffalo, N.Y.’s Kathy Connelly. One is that she is a bonafide tennis aficionado. She picked up a racquet when she was around eight years old, and she still hasn’t put it down. She’s played her whole life: in high school, at Williams College in Massachusetts and on USTA…
Faculty and students in Columbus State University’s College of Education & Health Professions have become on-the-court sensations in the eyes of a special group of youth participating in the three-week ACEing Autism tennis program. As a modified sport program to meet children’s at their needs, education students gain experience they’ll take into K-12 classrooms as…
