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People bragging about charity fundraising walks

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So, I heard some people are doing sponsored 5km walks to raise money for the NAS. One person's fundraiser page says:

Purple heart I’m walking to help improve education for young autistic people
   
Blue heart I’m walking to help improve workplaces for autistic people
   
Green heart I’m walking to help reduce loneliness and isolation among autistic people
  
Yellow heart I’m walking to celebrate Autism Acceptance Month

With several comments saying things like "really great you're doing this to raise finds for such an important cause" [s.i.c.] & "legend fighting for a great cause"

As someone who was diagnosed with Aspergers Syndrome over two decades ago now, I'm genuinely interested to know what they are actually doing to improve education, improve workplaces and reduce loneliness, other than putting generic information on a website. The Loneliness example is a particularly funny example as the NAS' webpage about it suggests posting on this forum, which usually just leads to various people copy/pasting the URL to the loneliness page, which in turn tells you to post on the forum..............

I walked 2 miles in the rain yesterday. I walked over 8 miles on Thursday. I walked 15 miles on Easter Sunday. I didn't particularly want to as I hate walking but as someone diagnosed with autism who cannot get a job and is stuck living with unpleasant family it is necessary to somehow pass the time away. Please can I have some credit for my amazing achievement? (even if no money was involved).

P.S. I'm catching the train to Manchester today. I expect I will walk at least 3 miles in Manchester city centre.

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  • I had my trip to Manchester on Saturday. I went to photograph a protest and ended up walking about 10 miles (mostly round in circles and back and forth). About 1 mile of that was spent running; chasing police who were chasing various protesters. I don't "do" running, but I can make exceptions if there's a bit of excitement involved.

    Unfortunately though I cannot donate anything to charity as I do not have the ability to get sponsorship, and the trip to Manchester cost £23.55 out of my own money.

    I walked 8 miles into town and back today to pass the time away. Funnily enough, there was someone in a NAS t-shirt in the park. I wonder how much she raised for Autism Awareness Month.

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  • I had my trip to Manchester on Saturday. I went to photograph a protest and ended up walking about 10 miles (mostly round in circles and back and forth). About 1 mile of that was spent running; chasing police who were chasing various protesters. I don't "do" running, but I can make exceptions if there's a bit of excitement involved.

    Unfortunately though I cannot donate anything to charity as I do not have the ability to get sponsorship, and the trip to Manchester cost £23.55 out of my own money.

    I walked 8 miles into town and back today to pass the time away. Funnily enough, there was someone in a NAS t-shirt in the park. I wonder how much she raised for Autism Awareness Month.

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