Good outcomes like this aren’t the norm, but are the exception.
Autistic children are often attracted to bodies of water, such as pools and lakes, but that can be a dangerous combination, as one Kansas family learned the hard way on May 18.
Mom Alexis was in the bathroom of her apartment in Lawrence, and just minutes had passed when she came out and found the door wide open, her 4-year-old son Xavier missing.
“I saw fire department and the paramedics going toward the back of the building, so I followed them,” Alexis shared through tears during a press conference on May 26. “Xavier was being pulled out of the pool but I didn’t see him moving, so I didn’t know that he was okay at the time.”…