ACEing Autism
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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Founded in 2008, ACEing Autism is a charity based in Los Angeles, United States working on disability, children & youth, sport for development.
ACEing Autism is a volunteer-driven non-profit that uses tennis to help children with autism build social connections, fitness, and motor and social skills. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts in 2008 by Richard Spurling and Dr. Shafali Jeste and runs affordable, individually tailored tennis programmes through local program locations across the United States, with its headquarters in Los Angeles, California.
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ACEing Autism tennis programs
Disability · United States
Volunteer-led group tennis programmes for children with autism, with adaptive warm-ups, racquet skills, and social and motor-skill activities, delivered at community and school locations.
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Community Service Award
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USTA, ITA
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