Howdy friends and family, I need your help! If I can reach my goal, I'll be able to run in the 2024 Chicago Marathon.

This will be my second marathon ever! As a relatively new runner (started racing in 2022), I'm really enjoying the sport and am excited to see how far I can go (literally!). I ran the Big Sur marathon in 2022 and while that was an awesome, epic experience, it's an extremely challenging race. I'm excited to try a more "typical" marathon, that won't be quite so hilly!

As a father of two neurodiverse kids, I am excited to support Organization for Autism Research's great cause!

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WHY RUN FOR AUTISM?
1 in 36 children in the U.S. is diagnosed with autism. By joining the RUN FOR AUTISM team, you’re supporting OAR’s mission to fund research and resources that help people with autism and their families today.


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.
$40,000 fully underwrites an applied research pilot study.