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Email Us: contact@autismsportsfoundation.org
Our UCSD Chapter is where it all began. The Autism Sports Foundation’s model traces back to a comprehensive 2016 pilot study conducted with UC San Diego School of Medicine researchers, showing that team sports in supportive, natural settings can meaningfully improve balance, coordination, language development, social communication, and peer relationships for children with autism.
Today, the UCSD Chapter continues that legacy, offering free, weekly 90-minute basketball and soccer sessions led by UCSD students, high schoolers, and physician volunteers. Every session blends structured skill-building with targeted social development strategies, including verbal communication and perspective-taking, so every child leaves not just having played, but having connected.
Every UCSD Chapter session is built around structure, encouragement, and genuine connection — designed so every child, regardless of ability, can participate fully.
Weekly 90-minute basketball and soccer practices led by trained physicians, UCSD medical students, college undergraduates, and high school volunteers, focused on coordination, teamwork, and confidence.
Neurotypical siblings and peers join in as role models, helping foster natural, supportive friendships on and off the court or field.
Building a chapter takes more than a field and a ball — here’s how the UCSD Chapter came to life, and how we keep it running.
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Yes, we offer a monthly giving program that allows you to contribute automatically each month and continuously support your chosen cause.
Yes, we offer a monthly giving program that allows you to contribute automatically each month and continuously support your chosen cause.
Yes, we offer a monthly giving program that allows you to contribute automatically each month and continuously support your chosen cause.
Yes, we offer a monthly giving program that allows you to contribute automatically each month and continuously support your chosen cause.
Yes, we offer a monthly giving program that allows you to contribute automatically each month and continuously support your chosen cause.
Reach out to learn about session times, volunteering, or enrolling your child.
We’re dedicated to helping children with autism build confidence, develop skills, and discover joy through sports.
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