Skip to main content

Justly Partners with The Flutie Foundation

By February 28, 2022July 7th, 2022No Comments

A Look at Tyson's Run- A New Film About an Autistic Young Man With a Dream

JUSTLY recently sponsored a live event hosted by the Flutie Foundation, featuring the cast and crew of Tyson’s Run, a coming of age story about a young man on the autism spectrum who’s goal is to run a marathon to gain the approval of his father.

We’ll be sharing insights from the film’s director, and cast members leading up to its theatrical release on March 11th.

The Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism provides direct financial support to families to relieve the financial burden of caring for a loved one with autism. Over its 20-year history, the Flutie Foundation has distributed over $15 million to schools and organizations who provide clinical therapies, respite services, recreational programs, social skills training, job supports and more for people affected by autism. The Flutie Foundation also provides education technology tools, adaptive camp scholarships, safety equipment, and direct family support through its partnerships and special initiatives.
Learn More

Video Transcript

so many people have grown up you know on

the spectrum they’re kind of

pigeon-holed into that box of

okay you can’t go and do this you can’t

go and do that

um

okay you have to act this specific way

for me to think uh well you can go and

do whatever you want um

just a lot of people don’t have that

independence when they are perfectly

capable with the right help with the

right attitude with the

right amount of determination to go and

do what they want to achieve