Autism affects an estimated 1 in 31 U.S. children. Their water safety has gotten occasional public attention after tragedies ...

“I had had a child for over a decade who had an autism diagnosis and had never heard that this was a possibility or an option, nor that it had been very effective treatment for these kids,” O ...

Amid rising concern about drowning among children with autism, a new effort is underway to help kids with cognitive, physical and developmental needs across the country learn to be safe in the water.