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and also to honor Anthony.

Anthony was aware of his ideations, and there was a two-year journey for us where we were trying to save his life.

And sadly, what we came to realize after is that kids, especially between 12 and 18, who are on the autism spectrum are 30% more likely to take their own lives.

Yeah.

And so from that came this pull, right?

When I say the purpose is greater than the pain, we could easily be in the corner in the fetal position suffering.

But when we learned that, and that coupled with Anthony's friends saying, gosh, if this could happen to him, it could happen to any of us, we realized a call to something much greater.

and what we found was as an extension of the movement is that these teens really need our help what they're sharing with us is that what we're doing for them is not working so that that being having some expert come into high schools and delivering a 45-minute presentation

across a PowerPoint deck of what to look for in your friends and then what to tell your parents and then leaving isn't working.

What they're asking for are safe spaces where they can support each other in their healing and growth and also for voices.

So, as I've shared, we've launched the Endurance Show to spread awareness for these life-saving opportunities.

And what we've come to realize is that they have their voices.

So...

Since we're a newer organization, we're pivoting and growing like crazy.

And excited to share, we're launching the Teen Voices component of The Endurance Show, where teens themselves will be interviewing one another, interviewing experts on topics that are most relevant to them.

Teen mental health, body shaming, bullying, sexual orientation, diversity, growing up in a household where it's not okay to cry.

Anyways, long story short, the Endurant movement is born out of our son Anthony's story, and my wife and I and our family and our daughter answering that call to something greater, but it's intention through the 501c3.

It's a nonprofit.

is to create this movement that'll ultimately led be led by teens and other families as we look to to help people through the same journey hopefully through awareness of saving lives and in the event that lives are lost to help people transmute that deep pain into growth that we can actually

grow from loss.