As many of you may know my youngest daughter Florence has Autism and ADHD. I have decided to run the Marathon to raise funds for an Autism charity and fund research into it so I am running for Autistica.

Autistica is the UK’s national autism research charity.

We focus on giving autistic people the opportunity to live long, happy, healthy lives.

We do this by funding research, shaping policy and working with autistic people to understand their needs.

Our Goals are that by the year 2030:

1. all autistic people will have proven support from day one

2. the employment rate for autistic people will double

3. autistic people will have proven treatments for anxiety

4. public spaces will be more accessible for neurodivergent people

5. every autistic adult will be offered a yearly, tailored health check

6. attitudes to autistic people will change