Kids with autism are prone to drowning. Florida is trying to prevent that

Garland Jones, recreational therapist and senior program director of the YMCA of South Florida's special needs program, teaches Mackenzie Wesley, 5, to breathe safely in water by using a ping pong bal

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Kids with autism are prone to drowning. Florida is trying to prevent that

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