60 a day for Autism SA

Get fit, have fun and help others by taking part in the 60 a day for Autism SA fitness challenge.

Sign up and pledge your commitment to doing 60 squats, lunges, push-ups, sits-ups, burpees or a combo of them all for the month of April.

Get your friends, family and colleagues to sponsor you to complete the challenge. Together you’ll be raising money to support autistic South Australians to live the life they choose in an inclusive society.

This year Autism SA celebrates its 60^th anniversary. Founded in 1964 by autistic people and their families, Autism SA was the first organisation of its kind in Australia. Since its beginnings, Autism SA has been single-minded in its focus on supporting the autism community and has been at the forefront of service development and advocacy.

To help celebrate our 60^th Anniversary, we’re aiming to raise $60,000 to help us continue to support and advocate for the Autistic community. So we’re inviting you to help us by taking part in the 60 a day for Autism SA fitness challenge during the month of April.

It’s up to you what activity you want to commit to doing 60 of each day. You can choose to do just one activity each day – for example, 60 squats every day for the month of April. Or you might prefer to mix it up each day and do 60 repetitions of different activities – for example, 60 squats one day, 60 lunges another, 60 burpees the next, etc. As long as you try to do 60 activities each day for the month of April, you are on track to completing the challenge.

No, you might prefer to break it into sets of 20 and do 20 in the morning, 20 in the afternoon and 20 at night. You do what’s right for you and suits your daily routine.

As the peak body for Autism in South Australia, there are many things we do to support the community that we rely on donations to fund. This includes our advocacy work with businesses and government to make South Australia a more inclusive state. Through this work we’ve partnered with the Adelaide Fringe to support artists and venues to provide Autism friendly shows, and we’ve trained Fringe volunteers to be able to better understand and support the Autistic community. We’ve also worked with Drakes supermarkets to help them introduce Quiet Time shopping hours.

We also rely on donations to help us maintain our free online resources and keep them up-to-date – this includes The Spectrum, The Autism Friendly Charter and the Autistics’ Guide to Adulthood.

Donations also help us provide our mobile sensory zone at community events, which ensures Autistic people have a safe, welcoming space to regulate and continue to enjoy the event with everyone else.

That’s okay, the main thing is that you are showing your support for the Autistic and autism community. Instead of completing the challenge, you can always make a donation too. If you have already collected donations, you can always let your donors know that you are unable to complete the challenge, but their donation will still go to Autism SA to support Autistic South Australians.