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/autistic kids, I am excited to support Organization for Autism Research's great cause!

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WHY RUN FOR AUTISM?

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.