Meet the first of our April Autism Superstars: on Mitch's Autie Walk
Hi my name is Mitchell Bourke and I am 12 years old, I have Autism, Schizotypal Disorders, Every
form of Dyslexia, Separation Anxiety Disorder. It has not always been easy for me in fact I tried to
commit suicide a few years ago, I'm so glad now that it didn’t happen.
I am the one who started Mitch’s Autie Walk, it started because a friend of the family told my mum that funding had fallen through so I came up with the idea to walk from one side of town to the other approx. 20 kms, to raise the money myself, my goal was $25,000. It started really fast and I had to tell my story to lots of people over and over again it was really hard to do this, we were getting some cheques off some important people and some of the businesses that I contacted were donating items for an online auction, it was awesome.
The night before I was excited, nervous and worried as I didn’t know if I could finish and would let people down. Mum said to me it didn’t matter whether I took one step or not as…
I am the one who started Mitch’s Autie Walk, it started because a friend of the family told my mum that funding had fallen through so I came up with the idea to walk from one side of town to the other approx. 20 kms, to raise the money myself, my goal was $25,000. It started really fast and I had to tell my story to lots of people over and over again it was really hard to do this, we were getting some cheques off some important people and some of the businesses that I contacted were donating items for an online auction, it was awesome.
The night before I was excited, nervous and worried as I didn’t know if I could finish and would let people down. Mum said to me it didn’t matter whether I took one step or not as…