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About the event

Walk Now for Autism Speaks is an inspirational and impactful opportunity to raise money and awareness to help change the future for all those who struggle with autism. Participating in Walk Now for Autism Speaks empowers you to make a difference and provides you with an opportunity to honor someone with autism. Everyone is touched by autism in a different way. Join us and share your personal story as we unite our communities and raise funds to:

• - Fund biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and possible cure for autism
• - Raise public awareness about autism and its effects on individuals, families and society
• - Bring hope to all who deal with the hardships of this disorder
• - Bring together the autism community as one strong voice to urge the government and private sector to take action

Our Goals

Change the future for all who struggle with Autism Spectrum Disorders. We are dedicated to funding global biomedical research into the causes, prevention, treatments, and a cure for Autism; to raise public awareness about Autism and it's effect to individuals, families, and society; and to bring hope to all who deal with the hardships of the disorder. We are committed to raising the funds necessary to support these goals. Autism Speaks aims to bring the Autism community together as one strong voice to urge the Government and private sector to listen to our concerns and take action to address this urgent global health crisis. It is our firm belief that, working together, we will find the missing pieces of the puzzle. 

Science

Autism Speaks has committed more than 525 Million dollars to its mission, the majority in science and medical research. This investments includes funding for more than 700 cutting edge research projects, fellowships, and initiatives as well as the world's largest open access genomic database on Autism stored in the Google Cloud. The Autism Speaks Treatment Network is a collaboration of 14 medical centers pioneering high-quality, coordinated health care and support for children and adolescents with Autism and their families. 

Family Services

Autism Speaks provides families with actionable resources to address the challenges associated with Autism. Autism Speaks tool kits have been mailed and downloaded nearly 400,000 times-including the 100 day kit for newly diagnosed families and took kits for family support, transitioning and employment. Autism Speaks has awarded 966 grants to local service providers, camps, and other programs across the U.S., totaling 7.63 million in funds, for the development of community programs and scholarships for individuals with Autism. Autism Speaks has donated 2,961 iPads to enhance individuals communication skills and, through the Autism Cares Program, over 900 financially disadvantaged families affects by Autism have received fund to assist with unplanned hardships. The Autism Speaks Autism Response Team connects families, individuals with Autism, as well as professionals, to important tools and resources, and responded to 48,000 calls and emails in 2014. 

Advocacy

National advocacy has resulted in more than 3 billion in federal funding dedicated to Autism research, monitoring and professional training through the Combatting Autism Act in 2006, the reauthorization of the Combatting Autism Act in 2011, and the Autism CARES Act in 2014. Autism Speaks also lead efforts for the passage of the 2014 ABLE Act that enables people with disabilities to create tax-free savings accounts. In addition, 38 states plus the District of Columbia have enacted state Autism insurance laws, representing 83% of the U.S. population. 

Awareness

As a result of the award winning Autism Speaks "odds" campaign in partnership with the Ad Council, there has been a 50% increase in awareness of the prevalence of Autism among parents of young children. On the global front, Autism Speaks has established partnerships in more than 60 countries on 5 continents to foster inter nation research, serves and awareness. In 2014, more than 10,000 buildings, landmarks in communities on 7 continents joined the Autism Speaks Light it Up Blue campaign in support of UN-Sanctioned, at April 2nd "World Autism Awareness Day". 

Walk Now for Autism Speaks

In 2013-2014, more than 887,000 individuals attended our annual Walk Now for Autism Speaks events in support of the Autism community, The walks took place in nearly 100 cities across North America raising over 56 million to advance the mission of Autism Speaks. 

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