Aquatic Therapy

Swimming provides invaluable therapy for children with autism, as well as providing a social outlet for them. Swimming can help an autistic child improve their speech, coordination, social skills, self-esteem, and cognitive processing. Too often children with autism are excluded from sports or have a difficult time because there are too many elements to focus on. Once under water, even in a team setting, a child is alone and doesn’t have to anticipate someone else passing them the ball or be responsible for the success of the team.

Swimming offers an autistic child success no matter what the outcome, which is hard to come by in other situations in their life. ASDF provides direct scholarship money for swim lessons to parents who are unable to afford it on their own. The benefits from it are just amazing and are great therapy for a child with autism.