STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — A local boxing gym is making a big difference in the lives of kids and adults with disabilities — by boosting confidence and creating a safe space while training. In August 2024, Nicholas DeMarco, who owns DeMarco’s Boxing Club, and Salvatore Mosomillo, a social worker and mental health therapist, joined forces to create Camp by DeMarco’s Boxing. DeMarco explained he was already offering boxing services at his club to people with disabilities, especially those on the autism spectrum. After getting “amazing feedback” from the parents, he spoke with Mosomillo, who works with kids with autism and intellectual disabilities, to expand training services even further. So it’s a sense of community.”The pair offer boxing services to kids of all ages, as young as 4 years old, to adults with disabilities.