CrossFit and Autism: Walking out With a Smile

Brian Costello knows autism. His brother was diagnosed with the developmental disorder at the age of 2. Today, the owner of CrossFit Long Island runs a class specifically for children and teenagers with autism and other mental disorders. “The first class, I was nervous ... I didn’t have a real solid plan,“ Costello recalls. But things went better than expected. “They didn’t reject the hard work. ... They seemed to embrace it a little,“ he says. The next week, the group of