KEEN Sports for Kids in Arlington, VA KEEN Greater DC-Baltimore is proud to announce the opening of its newest sports program for kids, ages 5-to 12 years old, with autism and other developmental delays and physical and intellectual disabilities. KEEN Sports for Kids Arlington, Va., began in May 2017 with 12 new KEEN athletes and…
KEEN Expands in Baltimore to Include Bowling To kick off its 25th anniversary year, in February KEEN Greater DC-Baltimore launched a new Bowling program in Baltimore at AMF Dundalk. This new program gives Greater Baltimore area teens and young adults with autism and other disabilities opportunity for social-recreational fun while building bowling skills. Trained volunteers…
A KEEN Parent’s Perspective on …KEEN PROGRAMS (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) “My son is pretty anxious and tends to be a homebody, and due to the autism, he has a hard time with friends. KEEN is the one activity he always wants to go to, and he always has a great time. He loves talking to…
A KEEN Parent’s Perspective on …KEEN PROGRAMS (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) “KEEN has been a wonderful experience for my son who has severe autism and is nonverbal. As a youngster, he had so many difficult behaviors that we were forced to home-school him. At age 13, we had the opportunity to enroll him in KEEN, which…
El’iyah Athlete – KEEN Greater DC-Baltimore (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) Register to Ride Meet El’iyah: El’iyah is like any 6-year-old boy in that he wants to play, have fun and be loved and accepted, but El’iyah has autism complicating his world and making these things harder to achieve and receive outside of his family. He…
Deion Athlete – KEEN Greater DC-Baltimore (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) Register to Ride Meet Deion: Deion is a 22-year-old young man who happens to have autism. He also happens to be one of KEEN’s first athletes to join KEEN Sports when KEEN expanded from its Montgomery County, Md., roots, to offer programs in Washington, DC,…
Jeremiah Participant – KEEN Greater DC-Baltimore (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) Register to Ride Meet Jeremiah: A few years ago, the idea of sharing and taking turns did not compute in the mind of Jeremiah Collins, and the social landscape, particularly around his peers, would easily send this little boy with autism into a full-bodied, screeching,…