Hi Amy, can you start by introducing yourself? We’d love to learn more about how you got to where you are today?I am a retired special eduction teacher and mother to a 30 year old neurodivergent son. When my son was young, it was difficult to find programs outside of school that were specifically designed…
A weekly tennis program designed to help autistic kids will be wrapping up its first season in Peoria with great success. The program, named ACEing Autism, is designed for students on the autism spectrum from ages 7-17. The goal is to help participants become more confident and to help them make friends, as well as…
A newly relaunched tennis clinic at the Tucson Jewish Community Center is serving up more than forehands and volleys — it’s building social connection, confidence, and motor skills for children with autism. The six-week “ACEing Autism” program, which began in October at the JCC on Tucson’s north side, pairs trained volunteers with young participants on…
ACEing Autism Flagstaff wrapped up its first fall session recently after five weeks of assisting autistic children grow and develop through fitness and social connections, filling a national gap for an underserved community. Since 2008, the Los Angeles-based program has been a preeminent leader in demonstrating how tennis and sports benefit children with autism by…
Kids lighting up when they hit a tennis ball over the net. Volunteers cheering with high fives. Families connecting on the sidelines. That was the scene at the Baird Community Center this fall, where dozens of local children with autism and volunteers came together thanks to ACEing Autism, a national nonprofit that builds skills, confidence…
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…
