{"id":6257,"date":"2025-12-24T09:29:49","date_gmt":"2025-12-24T14:29:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/?p=6257"},"modified":"2026-02-03T09:36:01","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:36:01","slug":"in-the-news-fox-tampa-bay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/news\/in-the-news-fox-tampa-bay\/","title":{"rendered":"In the News: FOX Tampa Bay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6257\" class=\"elementor elementor-6257\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfc9de9 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"cfc9de9\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-84ae7e2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"84ae7e2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Hoy en d\u00eda, la <b>FOX Tampa Bay<\/b> joined us for our Sensory-Friendly Ugly Sweater Party, a thoughtfully designed holiday experience created specifically for our kiddos on the autism spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>For many children on the spectrum, traditional holiday celebrations \u2013 crowded venues, loud music, bright lights, and unfamiliar environments \u2013 can be overwhelming. As a result, many families opt out altogether and children miss opportunities to participate in festive moments that others often take for granted.<\/p>\n<p>This event helps change that reality.<\/p>\n<p>Held in a calm, familiar, and supportive setting, the Sensory Friendly Ugly Sweater Party allows children to engage in holiday fun at their own pace. From wearing a favorite festive sweater to participating in hands-on holiday arts and crafts, each activity is designed to be flexible, low-pressure, and adaptable to individual sensory needs. Children are free to observe, participate briefly, or fully immerse themselves \u2013 whatever feels most comfortable for them.<\/p>\n<p>This Sensory-Friendly Ugly Sweater Party &amp; Holiday Arts and Crafts Event is more than a celebration \u2013 it\u2019s a reminder that with the right supports in place, children with autism can fully participate in the traditions that make the season special.<\/p>\n<p>Watch the full segment here:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-ka6jzpym73ufxe94\" target=\"_blank\" data-uw-rm-brl=\"PR\" data-uw-original-href=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-ka6jzpym73ufxe94\" aria-label=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-ka6jzpym73ufxe94 - open in a new tab\" data-uw-rm-ext-link=\"\" uw-rm-external-link-id=\"https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-ka6jzpym73ufxe94$https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-ka6jzpym73ufxe94\" data-uw-original- rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.fox13news.com\/video\/fmc-ka6jzpym73ufxe94<\/a>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today, FOX Tampa Bay joined us for our Sensory-Friendly Ugly Sweater Party, a thoughtfully designed holiday experience created specifically for our kiddos on the autism spectrum. For many children on the spectrum, traditional holiday celebrations \u2013 crowded venues, loud music, bright lights, and unfamiliar environments \u2013 can be overwhelming. As a result, many families opt [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":6258,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6257","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6257"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6257\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6257"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6257"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abacentersfl.com\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6257"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}