Mike’s Mission: An Autistic Adult Wants to Deliver Uber Eats in all 50 States in 2022…Needs Our Support

Below is a letter from Mike Di Mauro, who spoke at TravelAbility Summit about his goal to visit all 50 states while delivering for Uber Eats to support himself.

Hello! I would like to send this email to thank everyone for allowing me to attend the summit last week and speak about my mission. I am trying to make history with this road trip that I am trying to get done and I know that it will not be easy. I know that together, we can help each other out and get this done. If I am not the first person to get this done, I will try to be the first person with autism to get it done! I also had a wonderful time hearing your sessions as well. It was great to learn about what you had to offer as well. I am looking forward to working with you all! I am sorry that I was not at all of the sessions but I had to try to share my mission with the vendors at the Connect conference to see if they could help me out as well. I really enjoyed the chance to go to the block party on Monday night and had a photo with the Vince Lombardi trophy! I also had the chance to hear two great athletes speak (Jerry Rice and Simone Biles) and had my photo taken with both of them. Interesting fact about the one with Simone Biles: after the presentation was over, I rushed over to the backstage area and out the door and as I was there, Simone was walking with a few people escorting her. I told her that I had autism and that I am a mental health advocate. I gave her my business card and then we had our photo together. Then I thanked her for what she has done at the Olympics and for the mental health community. I also asked her to please keep in touch with me! I feel that if we worked together then we could spread awareness for mental health in the world!

The link to join his Facebook group is: https://www.facebook.com/groups/mikedsmission/

He can be reached by e-mail at: mikedemauro@aol.com

His GoFundMe page is: https://gofund.me/af457445

Note: Mike also attended the presentations at Connect Marketplace, an event co-located with TravelAbility. Below you’ll find him with Super Bowl winner Jerry Rice and Olympic Gold Medalist Simone Biles.