Schumer to propose "Avonte's Law" to protect autistic children

[hrmjustin]

Eyewitness News
NEW YORK (WABC) -- It is something Michael Rosen, the Executive Director of Autism Speaks has lost sleep about - his son Nicky is autistic and non-verbal. When Nicky was little, he wandered. Rosen says he once found Nicky on a neighbor's roof.

"Eventually we had to put locks on top of doors, and that's how people with autism live," says Rosen, "you can't turn your back for one second."

This was a tough thing for Vanessa Fontaine to hear - her son, Avonte Oquendo also wandered. On Saturday, Fontaine buried her 14-year-old.

On Sunday, still too upset to speak, Fontaine did throw her support behind an idea that could have saved her child.

http://abclocal.go.com/wabc/story?section=news/local/new_york&id=9407546

[Smarmie Doofus]

1. Hmmm... That's ONE way to respond.

The other way is to require that people who staff and operate public schools for autistic kids KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING.

(BTW: Who's this *Schumer* guy?)

[hrmjustin]

2. Good point. If they did their jobs this kid would be alive.

[Gothmog]

3. This is a good idea

I hope that Senator Schumer can move this bill along