Step Up for Inclusion

How You Can Participate:

DONATE: Step forward with a gift that helps fund essential programs and services for Minnesota’s autism community. Every contribution makes a difference.

FUNDRAISE: Create lasting impact by stepping up as a fundraiser. Help make Minnesota a more accessible and welcoming place for autistic individuals and their families.

ATTEND: Join us May 18, 2025, for an exciting event featuring a resource fair, a stage show, costumed characters, interactive activities, face painting, and more. Families, autistic adults, and community members are all welcome! This year's walk for Steps for Autism is a self-led walk through the park by the venue. AuSM's summer camp staff will host a tent to give you a taste of camp with straw painting, sensory bins, and nature imprints! We'll also have food trucks for your snacking needs!

Event Details:

📅 When: May 18, 2025, 9 a.m. - noon
📍 Where: The ROC at the St. Louis Park Rec Center. This is an outdoor event in the covered hockey rink behind the Rec Center.
🏡 Address: 3700 Monterey Drive, St. Louis Park, MN 55416

See details about accessibility and read a social narrative here.

AuSM Flash Dash

The AuSM Flash Dash is your way participate, move, and celebrate together no matter your age or ability. For just $8, you can walk, roll, or run our quick-as-can-be course and walk away with your own medal.

Your Support Matters

Funds raised through Steps for Autism stay local, supporting AuSM’s social and recreation programs, summer camps, counseling services, training, and advocacy. Every dollar raised brings us closer to an inclusive Minnesota where autistic individuals thrive. When you become a fundraiser, you multiply your impact by including your whole community: plus you have the chance to win amazing prizes!

Get all the details about running a strong fundraiser in our Fundraiser Toolkit.

Step Up for Your Community

When you participate in Steps for Autism, you step up for your family, friends, neighbors, and colleagues. You help create a world where neurodiversity is embraced, where inclusion is the norm, and where no one has to navigate autism alone.

Join us for Steps for Autism 2025 and be part of this powerful movement for change. Together, we make Minnesota a place where autistic people and their families can truly belong.

Note: donations will only be counted towards yard signs if received on or before May 9 in order to allow time for printing.

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