Thank you for visiting my fundraising page for the TCS New York Marathon 2024 raising money for the National Autistic Society!

I am ecstatic to confirm that I will be running in the New York Marathon 2024 to help raise funds for the National Autistic Society (NAS). All funds raised will be donated to the UK's leading charity for autistic people and their families.

Autism is a lifelong developmental disability which affects how people communicate and interact with the world. More than one in 100 people are on the autism spectrum and there are around 700,000 autistic adults and children in the UK.

NAS are here to help the 700,000 autistic people in the UK as well as their three million family members and carers. Be it running specialist schools, campaigning for improved rights or training companies on being more autism-friendly, they are dedicated to transforming lives and changing attitudes to help create a society that works for autistic people.

NAS have spent over 50 years working together with people on the autism spectrum. There is no other body that has more practical knowledge of autism than the NAS. They have been fighting for autistic people's rights since 1962!

Autistic people face inequality, misunderstanding and isolation. NAS and their supporters campaign to protect the rights and interests of autistic people and their families. Through their campaigns they correct unfair policies and practices, they build public understanding and they create a movement of support. Together we can build a society that works for autistic people.

NAS' mission - (1) to transform lives by providing support, information and practical advice for autistic adults and children in the UK and their family members and carers and (2) to change attitudes by improving public understanding of autism and helping businesses, local authorities and government to provide more autism-friendly spaces, deliver better services and improve laws.

NAS learn from real experience, they tell it like it is, they inspire and they are courageous and I am proud to be raising funds for them and to be spreading further awareness.

Keep up to date with all the great things they are doing and discover how you can help at: National Autistic Society (autism.org.uk)