What we do:

After our son DJ was diagnosed with Autism my wife and I started a charitable outreach (BikingForAutism/BMX4Autism). Our primary missions is creating awareness and helping other charitable causes. Our efforts are solely funded by our sponsors, the charitable donations of our supporters and the selling of t-shirts, wristbands and other fundraising items at our display booth and online. A major focus of our efforts are generating funds so we can gift bicycles and scooters to underprivileged children and needy families dealing with obstacles in life including but not limited to Autism. "As a long time cyclist I understand the joy and freedom that a bicycle or scooter can bring to a child. We will gift a bicycle and/or scooter for every $500 we raise in support of our efforts. Charity Bike Build Competition Level Scooters

Our Story:

We started our mission after our son DJ was diagnosed with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (Autism). Unlike other Autistic children we knew of, DJ was always outgoing, friendly and receptive of others so we never even considered he could be autistic. At first we just thought that since his mother had been diagnosed as having ADHD as a child it was passed along to him. It wasn’t until we started to notice certain quirks, like some OCD (obsessive compulsive disorder), hand/arm waving, lack of ability to recognize social cues, and certain other signs that we began to realize it was more than just ADHD. But we still did not consider Autism because what we had always seen of Autistic children was not what we were seeing in our son. Not until we started doing some research did we realize that there is a whole Autistic Spectrum Disorder category and not just one specific sign or trait or group of traits that is common to all that suffer from Autism. His mother has since been diagnosed and classified as Autistic as well as more understanding the diagnosis has changed over the years.

About Our Son:

Our son DJ is considered a high functioning Autistic child, but many others face challenges and obstacles we will never know, so our efforts are dedicated to all of them. We are extremely passionate about what we intend on doing with BikingForAutism, BMX4AUTISM and BMX4Charity we have invested everything we have both financially and emotionally getting everything to this point and now we are depending on sponsorships and the charitable contributions of others to ensure its future success.

Currently all our efforts are self funded but we are looking for outside financial support to help us continue our outreach efforts and continue on our mission of making this our life’s work. We hope you decide to become a donating supporter but even if you chose not to support our efforts please be aware that those on the spectrum need your support and understanding, so consider supporting one of the other charitable efforts out there. Sincerely, Dante & Namolisa Primm Founders: BikingForAutism LLC BMX4Autism BMX4Charity Please follow our efforts at: www.bikingforautism.org www.bmx4autism.org www.charitybikeco.com Twitter BMX4AUTISM-FacebookGroup

Donations may also be mailed to: BikingForAutism LLC c/o Primm Family Charities 24719 347th St Van Meter, IA 50261

All donations made through Patreon go directly towards supporting our efforts and are used to cover our monthly costs including administration costs, attending events and shows (booth space fees) etc...