#Iconquer adventures professional
We are building a team of professional educators, communicators, development specialists and content creators to build a highly interactive platform whereby people on the autistic spectrum can not only be seen, but have an active role in the development and delivery of the services we provide.
Raise The Roof For Autism was founded based upon the idea, that through lessons in life are best learned by doing! Working, studying, playing and living are all enhanced when combined with memorable activities. Both the school and Raise The Roof For Autism will continue to honor Brad and his family for his contribution to enhancing and enriching the lives of those on the autism spectrum.
We are also enormously proud to share that as the leader of the Autism Initiative At Mercyhurst University, the school has now created The Brad McGarry Neurodiversity Center which will live on in perpetuity. team.īrad's fight continues on and Raise The Roof For Autism has become a legacy project that will bare his name and imprint far into the future. That fighting spirit drove him to participate in the May 2022, Conquer The Canyon with the Mercyhurst A.I.M. Despite the finality of this dreadful disease, and in the face of the life struggles it would bring, Brad entered into a fight for his life with the same energy and commitment as it took for him to summit Africa's tallest peak a few years prior. Later that month, fate stepped in the way of their plans and sadly, Brad was diagnosed with ALS just as their planned business development got underway. In May of 2021, Gene and Brad began discussions on ways that they could combine and formalize the relationship between the individual programs they were running into one cohesive program that could be replicated and distributed to other universities and employers. Two years later they led a team of autistic students up the mountain.
It was during that time that they decided to create Raise The Roof For Autism and modeled it after Gene's Conquer The Canyon. The program began in 2010 and has been ongoing ever since. In 2009 it was hosting a special fundraising adventure at Grand Canyon, named Conquer The Canyon for a non-profit client of which Brad was a member.Īfter that initial experience, Brad and Gene met again and began working on melding their two programs into one that would allow neurodiverse students from Mercyhurst University to attend a similar event at Grand Canyon. Originally they met through Gene's company iConquer Adventures. Gene Taylor, is the company founder, and he and Brad McGarry co-founded the concepts that is the guiding force behind Raise The Roof For Autism. Through more than a decade of successes, they have provided a platform for students, parents and families along with businesses, universities, and educational organizations to enhance and grow their neurodiversity-based programming. The initial program was developed by Gene Taylor, President of iConquer Adventures and Brad McGarry, Director of the Autism Initiative At Mercyhurst University. Raise the Roof for Autism was established in 2010 as a program and campaign to raise awareness for the lack of vocational opportunities for adults on the autism spectrum.
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