Hi All! Thank you for being curious enough to click the link and read this!
Thank you for taking the time to learn what i hold closest to my heart, which is my son. Xavier is my first born, he is Six years old and was diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder at the small age of two. Xavier showed me what LOVE was in all ways but verbally. Until the age of five, Xavier was fully non verbal. Even without words, he was able to teach me so much about life. My perspectives have changed, my priorities have changed, my definitions of things I already learned have changed, all because of him.
Xavier is the most determined, gentle, kind, happy, sweet boy to ever cross my path… and I was lucky enough to be his mom.

Run for Autism to me is an avenue where I can promote acceptance and understanding to the Autism community. I can also help raise money for educational growth and future development for kids and adults within our communities all over the world.

1 in 31 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.