An area nonprofit group is working to forestall drownings amongst youngsters with autism and developmental disabilities, amid a 12 months with a number of tragic incidents in Maryland. Pathfinders for Autism, a Hunt Valley-based nonprofit, is internet hosting a swimming occasion on the Area Membership in Bel Air on Saturday night time to get youngsters with autism snug in and round water. “When my little one was identified, we had been by no means advised concerning the dangers of drowning and wandering and elopement. We didn’t understand how prevalent it was,” Shelly McLaughin, the nonprofit’s program director, recalled to WMAR.
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