2025 Empower Summit & Challenge Columbus: Rachel Valentino

TEAM LIAM is back!

Mark your calendars and lace up your walking shoes—the Autism Speaks Walk is happening on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Coffman Park!

In 2023, around 30 incredible family members and friends walked beside us for **TEAM LIAM**—and this year, we want to **double that number!** More than anything, we want Liam to see just how many people love and support him.

If you’ve had the joy of knowing Liam, you know he’s something truly special. He’s incredibly smart, endlessly curious, full of kindness, and gives the absolute **best** hugs. He sees the world in his own unique way, and every day, we learn something new from him. Walking together isn’t just about raising awareness—it’s about **celebrating Liam** and embracing the beautiful neurodiverse world we live in.

We would LOVE for you to join us! Walking with TEAM LIAM means showing up for him and so many others like him. And if you can’t make it, donations are always appreciated and go toward programs, research, and support for individuals and families navigating autism.

There’s no registration fee to join our team—just sign up, show up, and walk with us for Liam!

Let’s make this the **biggest and best** TEAM LIAM walk yet!

There are

over 70 million children and adults are

affected by autism. Each of them, have unique strengths, challenges and potential. Autism Speaks will be there for them.

You and I can be too.

It’s only through the dedicated support of people like us that Autism Speaks can continue their vital mission work. Each year, the Autism Speaks Autism Response Team makes direct contact with tens of thousands of individuals looking for advice or guidance and more than one million people access their free nationwide autism services and resources. They continue to partner and support research to improve the lives of people with autism by investing in science that will allow more personalized treatments and therapies. You can find out even more about where your fundraising dollars go at autismspeaks.org/our-work.

Please join me by donating to help me reach my fundraising goal. Together, we have the power to enhance the lives of people with autism and make a meaningful difference. Thanks so much for your support!

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