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Surfers Healing helps autistic individuals catch waves in Malibu

Surfers Healing volunteer Wendy Guerrero gives a thumbs up as the organization’s volunteers help children and young adults with autism surf on June 3 at Surfrider Beach. Photos by Suzy Demeter/22nd Century Media
Sebastian Van Gelder, 6, of Utah, poses by a Surfers Healing display in his first year of participation at the event in Malibu.
Surfers Healing founders Danielle (left) and Izzy Paskowitz (right) welcome participants, along with their son Isaiah, who inspired the nonprofit’s formation.

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Suzy Demeter, Freelance Reporter
7:44 am PDT June 13, 2017
Surfers Healing lived up to its name as it brought surfers, gleeful spectators and volunteers together at Malibu Surfrider Beach on June 3. The nonprofit’s mission is to help children, teens and young adults with autism to experience the enjoyment of surfing in the ocean. The organization was founded by Izzy and Danielle Paskowitzs, whose adult son, Isaiah, was diagnosed with autism when he was 3.

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