Surfers Healing

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Surfers Healing is a non-profit organization that teaches children with autism to surf. It was founded by Israel and Danielle Paskowitz for the benefit of their son Isaiah Paskowitz who was diagnosed with autism at age three. Surfers Healing seeks to enrich the lives of people living with autism by exposing them to surfing. The surf camps are free of charge to autistic children, and include camps in Hawaii, North Carolina, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Puerto Rico. In August 2012, Surfers Healing expanded to Toronto, Canada for the first time organized by Aloha Toronto, an annual weekend beach festival inspired by Surfers Healing.{{cite web|url=http://digitaljournal.com/article/331483 |title=Surfer Healing helping autistic kids this weekend in Toronto |publisher=Digitaljournal.com |accessdate=2013-10-05}} The Kelly Slater Foundation is a supporter of Surfers Healing.{{cite web |url=http://www.kellyslaterfoundation.org/beneficiaries.htm |title=Kelly Slater Foundation |publisher=Kelly Slater Foundation |accessdate=2013-10-05 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20130415052025/http://www.kellyslaterfoundation.org/beneficiaries.htm |archivedate=2013-04-15 }}

Israel Paskowitz is a former competitive surfer and owns Paskowitz Surf Camp and he found that the ocean was the one place where his son Isaiah seemed to find respite.{{cite web|author= |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1999/08/22/style/out-there-san-onofre-state-beach-calif-the-first-family-of-surfing.html?pagewanted=all&src=pm |title=Out There: San Onofre State Beach, Calif.; The First Family Of Surfing - New York Times |work=The New York Times |date=1999-08-22 |accessdate=2013-10-05}}