BENEFITING: ORGANIZATION FOR AUTISM RESEARCH

EVENT: 2020 LA Marathon - RUN FOR AUTISM

EVENT DATE: March 08, 2020

Thank you for visiting my fundraising page.  You know by now that I am running the 2020 Los Angeles Marathon and raising money for the Organization for Autism Research (OAR).

Organization for Autism Research impacts countless families, educators, and self-advocates by offering free resources geared toward making day to day life easier for individuals on the spectrum throughout their lives.                                                                                                                                                       

One in 68 children is diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Though autism presents challenges throughout life, it is not what defines them. The autistic mind has many mysteries we have yet to uncover and understand, but we know that God is not mystified.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          

To find out more about the Organization for Autism Research, please visit their web site www.researchautism.org.

Thank you for your interest and support! It is my hope that further discoveries are made and the world will have a better understanding of what autism is and the various factors that contribute to a diagnosis.

Here are some of the ways that OAR uses the funds raised by the RUN FOR AUTISM team:

• $10 provides a Curriculum in a Box professional development set to general education teachers.
• $25 provides 15 copies of A Guide to Safety to families and first responders.
• $100 provides the Kit for Kids peer education resource to an entire elementary or middle school.
• $150 provides 100 copies of a Life Journey through Autism guidebook sent to a community support group or military installation.
• $1,000 provides a research grant for a graduate student studying autism.
• $3,000 provides a scholarship for a student with autism to attend college.
• $30,000 fully underwrites an applied research pilot study.