The Philadelphia Eagles announced a new initiative Friday aimed at helping three of the region’s major research institutions do an end run around one of the nation’s fastest growing developmental disabilities, Autism Spectrum Disorder.
The Eagles Autism Challenge is a cycling and walk/run event that will bring together coaches, players, cheerleaders, executives and other parts of the team organization along with families and other members of the public to raise funds to support and expand the already considerable autism research efforts at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP), Drexel University, and Thomas Jefferson University and Jefferson Health.