I am excited to say I am running the 2025 Chicago Marathon on team Run for Autism to raise funds for the Organization for Autism Research (OAR)!

Please support me by making a contribution to my fundraiser and sharing this page with your family and friends. Every dollar I raise will advance Organization for Autism Research's great cause!

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I am no runner, but have decided to run my first (and only) marathon. What better way than to make it a world major marathon and fundraise money for an amazing cause.

Yeah it's going to be hard, but after I climbed Mount Kilimanjaro to raise money for Make a Wish, it made me realize I CAN DO HARD THINGS.

I am going to take you along with me on this journey. Lets get Annelise from couch to marathon and help her raise money for Autism Research!!!!

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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.
$50,000 fully underwrites an applied research pilot study.