03-11-2018, 12:30 PM
There have been numerous instances of autistic children wandering off from schools and other locations.
One of them was 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo. He walked out of a Queens high school in 2013 and disappeared. Authorities later determined he drowned in the East River. His remains were found in January 2014. Hoping hard that Trevyan's story has a better ending.
To help prevent such tragedies, public and private schools that serve students with autism and other developmental disabilities are required to have plans to prevent them straying from school grounds and to search for them if they do.
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However, it is not clear if School 12 ^ which Trevyan attended has such plans and, if so, why they weren't activated.
Trevyan's absence apparently was either not noticed or not acted on properly by school officials. He was not reported missing to police until about 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Full story: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/sto...413158002/
One of them was 14-year-old Avonte Oquendo. He walked out of a Queens high school in 2013 and disappeared. Authorities later determined he drowned in the East River. His remains were found in January 2014. Hoping hard that Trevyan's story has a better ending.
To help prevent such tragedies, public and private schools that serve students with autism and other developmental disabilities are required to have plans to prevent them straying from school grounds and to search for them if they do.
However, it is not clear if School 12 ^ which Trevyan attended has such plans and, if so, why they weren't activated.
Trevyan's absence apparently was either not noticed or not acted on properly by school officials. He was not reported missing to police until about 5:30 p.m. Thursday.
Full story: https://www.democratandchronicle.com/sto...413158002/