Today is the last day of Autism Awareness Month. I hope that I have honored the individuals that I covered this month and that I will continue to do so on this post. The autism spectrum contains geniuses of math, science, music, art, history and even race car driving. Armani Williams, a race car driver with NASCAR, is one of those geniuses.
Del Williams and Irena Politano, parents of Armani Williams, did not know exactly what autism was when he was diagnosed at 2 years old. As most parents, they started to do their research and found out there wasn’t a lot of therapy or education for children on the spectrum. Of course, that did not stop Armani’s parents. Armani was introduced to go-kart racing at the age of 8 and as they say, the rest is history.
Armani participated in his first race car series, Canadian Tire, at the age of 17. Armani qualified for his NASCAR speedway license after placing 21st in the NASCAR Camping World Truck Series debut at Gateway in 2021. He will return to NASCAR racing on May 23rd in the Texas Motor Speedway.
As always, I don’t want to regurgitate what someone else has written. I just give a tidbit. Here are a few articles I gleaned information from:
https://www.teamarmaniracing.com/
Thank you for reading my blog posts this Autism Awareness Month. I learned about amazing individuals living on the spectrum that I never knew about and was able to share a small portion of the community with you all. May we continue to educate ourselves and stay aware throughout the rest of the year. Be well and whole. Much Love 💙 🧩