National Autism Month Shifts Focus From Awareness to Acceptance

For any typical teenager, it’s tough to wake up on Saturday morning and get the day started when you’d like nothing more than to just roll over, sleep in and enjoy a restful weekend.

Marina Ruiz has lost track of how many times she’s had to rustle up her 15-year-old daughter Samantha and her son Ivan, 11, for their weekly Saturday morning tennis clinic put on by the ACEing Autism program that takes place at South Hills High in West Covina.

“Believe me, there are days when they don’t want to get up,” Marina says. “But once they get there they complain when it’s finished because it’s only an hour and they want more.”

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