Autism Awareness Month: 'Limitless Abilities' opens new Fresno location to support families

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- During Autism Awareness Month, nonprofit enactment "Limitless Abilities" is opening a caller Fresno determination dedicated to supporting individuals with disabilities and peculiar needs crossed the Central Valley.

The enlargement marks a milestone for the organization, which began arsenic a tiny ministry designed to assistance children with disabilities link with peers.

"We adopted our girl 10 years agone from China, who has Down syndrome," said Tina Salvador, CEO of Limitless Abilities.

Salvador said her household initially created programs astatine their section religion truthful their girl and her friends could connect. What started arsenic a tiny radical ministry astir a twelvemonth agone rapidly grew.

"To commencement this with 20 students, and past to spot it turn to 40 and past to like, I don't cognize however galore we have, similar 60 maybe," said Bradley Salvador, the organization's originative director.

"So it's really, truly grown," Tina Salvador said.

The household archetypal launched programs successful Kerman, offering sports and originative classes. Over time, the scope expanded beyond the contiguous community.

"We really person families from each over. We person families that thrust from Visalia, Shaver Lake," Tina Salvador said.

The caller Fresno determination is designed to marque the programs accessible to adjacent much families and is acceptable to unfastened connected June 8.

The installation volition connection a wide scope of classes and activities.

"Now we person music, art, photography, theater, dance, karaoke and cooking," Tina Salvador said.

The programs are designed for children arsenic young arsenic 5 done adulthood.

In summation to classes, the caller abstraction is intended to foster a consciousness of assemblage among families.

"It's important for families with students with disabilities to travel together, cognize that they person enactment from different radical and they don't person to consciousness alone," said Michelle Jackson, an creation teacher.

Jackson said the extremity is to assistance students physique assurance done originative and applicable skills.

"They tin bash anything. That's the champion portion astir each of this program. They tin cook. They tin bash art. They tin bash music. They tin dance. They tin bash each kinds of things," she said.

Registration for the Fresno determination opens successful June, with classes opening astatine the commencement of August.

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