on Apr 30, 2010 in
Autism Therapy I remember watching ESPN a couple of years ago and being mesmerized by this amazing story. A professional surfer and his wife starting a surfing “camp” for children with autism. Parents Israel and Danielle Paskowitz saw how surfing had helped their son Isaiah (who has autism) and wanted to share the gift. Parents saw there was a great need in aquatics autism therapy.
Israel Paskowitz was a championship award winning surfer. From the outside, they seemed like the perfect family. But, their son Isaiah had sensory problems. The water helped. Israel gently put his son on a surfboard and Isaiah was a different child. The stresses, the sensory issues melted away. And a father bonded with his son.
Israel and Danielle decided they wanted to share this unique therapy with other children affected by autism. They began to host day camps at the beach where children and their families could be exposed to a completely new experience of surfing. A wonderful, fresh form of aquatics autism therapy.
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Hmmm….
Let’s think about this for a minute.
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