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The Importance of Fitness to Support Life Skills
Manage episode 468695857 series 1101617
Eric Chessen, founder of Autism Fitness, shares his journey to create effective fitness programs for neurodivergent individuals. He emphasizes the importance of understanding their unique needs and challenges as well as the role of fitness as a life skill. He states, “It’s not just for sports or body composition. A lot of our focus is to support activities in daily living.” Eric also discusses the need to raise the standard of practice in the fitness industry to better serve the autism community.
For show notes, transcription, and to watch the video interview, visit www.allautismtalk.com.
All Autism Talk is sponsored by LEARN Behavioral (www.learnbehavioral.com)
136 episodes
Manage episode 468695857 series 1101617
Eric Chessen, founder of Autism Fitness, shares his journey to create effective fitness programs for neurodivergent individuals. He emphasizes the importance of understanding their unique needs and challenges as well as the role of fitness as a life skill. He states, “It’s not just for sports or body composition. A lot of our focus is to support activities in daily living.” Eric also discusses the need to raise the standard of practice in the fitness industry to better serve the autism community.
For show notes, transcription, and to watch the video interview, visit www.allautismtalk.com.
All Autism Talk is sponsored by LEARN Behavioral (www.learnbehavioral.com)
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