{"id":311482,"date":"2026-08-01T13:40:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311482\/"},"modified":"2026-08-01T13:40:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-01T13:40:08","slug":"news-12-new-jersey-95","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/311482\/","title":{"rendered":"News 12 | New Jersey"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The local nonprofit, <a data-rich-text-hyperlink=\"true\" href=\"https:\/\/www.livitupct.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liv It Up<\/a> is breaking down barriers and spreading joy across the tri-state.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">At the Hartford Healthcare Amphitheater in Bridgeport, the nonprofit works alongside the owner of the theater to provide free noise-canceling headphones for people who might get overstimulated by loud noises.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">Liv It Up hosts free gatherings every month, from sporting events, to dance parties to concerts with the goal of fostering lasting friendships.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">The nonprofit is run by founder Polly Daddario and executive director Taylor Fitzpatrick, who say the initiative helps those in Connecticut, New Jersey and New York.<\/p>\n<p data-rich-text-paragraph=\"true\">&#8220;Being in the world sometimes and being neurodivergent is not always that easy. The sensory system is on high,\u201d Daddario stated.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The local nonprofit, Liv It Up is breaking down barriers and spreading joy across the tri-state. At the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":311483,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10],"class_list":["post-311482","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311482","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=311482"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/311482\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/311483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=311482"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=311482"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=311482"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}