

tl;dr: Donate to support autism awareness and acceptance and I'll run the New York Marathon dressed as a bagel 🥯 If you know me, you know that I'm one blaring Autism Alert. Random info-dumps on Turkic (and now Finnic) morphology? I'm your gal. Me sharing "fun facts" that likely few others care about? Sure. Spending lunches in high school picking away at my food in the locker room or in the library? Yeah, well.... I run the New York Marathon each year as an altruist fundraiser for the Organization for Autism Research. Rather than trying to "cure" autism, the group works for acceptance and understanding. Whether through training programs for schools and local government organizations or its Hire Autism job board, OAR makes the world a bit better for offbeat people like me. If I hit my goal of $250 by October 24, my husband Matthew's birthday and United Nations Day, I'll run the marathon dressed as a bagel with cream cheese. See? Being a little "weird" can pay off for the greater good.
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