#a.skate

[fyeahsheckler]

We had a great time with @askaters today on this stop of their #bethechange tour! @shecks & Caleb.

- @shecklerfoundation

[black-widow-is-my-patronus]

Taking a brief break from my Tumblr break to tell people not to support the A.Skate Foundation.

The founder believes in functioning levels, thinks verbal Autistics are more mentally capable than non-verbal Autistics, and thinks Autistics, especially non-verbal ones, are going to be dependent their whole lives. 

[suryaray-blog]

Vans 20th Anniversary Half Cab Party with Charity Auction benefiting Askate

#SuryaRay #Surya This Thursday, October 4th, in New York Vans will be having a Half Cab Anniversary party. Click through to see the flyer and the Askate auction. http://dlvr.it/2FWxg1 @suryaray

[suryaray-blog]

Zoo York and A.Skate Colab

#SuryaRay #Surya Zoo York just released their second A.Skate Foundation collaboration deck with a portion of the proceeds gong to the A.Skate Foundation to help in their efforts to bring skateboarding to Autistic kids. http://dlvr.it/2D8Zd8 @suryaray

[suryaray-blog]

Zoo York x A.Skate Foundation Deck

#SuryaRay #Surya For the second year in a row, ZOO YORK is proud to release an exclusive collaboration... Related posts: * Zoo York RB Umali Deck * Zoo York x Stoked x Sket One Collab Deck * Sheckler Foundation 3rd Skate For A Cause http://dlvr.it/2CzYQv @suryaray

[sweetsavages]

Today is World Autism Awareness Day,

which means you should show your support by wearing blue, or by lighting your front porch up with a blue light bulb! 

You can also help support great organizations, like http://www.askate.org/ that helps kids build social skills and help them have a sensory outlet that isn't harmful! 

[elyphillips]

VOTE NOW for A.skate !

Please go and vote for A.skate and follow the link for more details http://www.refresheverything.com/askate

Also check out their site and show some love! http://askate.org/

Here is a little info I pulled from their site :

  The A.skate Foundation is a non profit that allows children with autism to be a part of our social world through skateboarding.  We hold clinics for children with autism at no cost to the families, give grants to children with autism for skateboard gear, as well as promote awareness and educate families about the skateboard industry.  Five years ago 1:150 children were diagnosed with autism. Today 1:91 children are diagnosed with autism, 1:58 of those being boys according to the statistics on TACA now. 

Here are a few of the things that we do:

hold clinics nationwide for children with autism at no cost to the families

give "Grants for Gear" for kids to purchase skateboard gear

hold fundraisers and events to promote our cause

Autism, like skateboarding, can be unpredictable and often times unruly.We embrace the parts of autism that are hard to understand and give these kids an outlet that is free of rules or judgment, and allows them to be social without being “social”.

(source: http://askate.org/about_askate)

[timsmiths]

Text 108814 to 73774 to vote for A.Skate to win a $50,000 grant to help teach autistic children to skateboard. every single day. From now until the 30th of September.