Welcome to Our Autism Fundraiser 💙

Welcome, and thank you so much for being here.

This is our third year organizing this fundraiser as a family to support autism research, and your support means more than words can express.

Each year, we share our family’s journey, talk about our daughter, answer questions, and open our hearts in hopes of raising awareness and helping others better understand life on the autism spectrum. Our goal is to continue bringing attention, acceptance, and support to the autism community while making a difference however we can.

If you’d like to support our fundraiser, any donation—big or small—is greatly appreciated.



WHY RUN FOR AUTISM?
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.