A small step for some, a huge accomplishment for others. The YMCA's Adapted Swimming for Families program is designed to help families with special-needs children enjoy quality time together in the ...

INDIAN ROCKS BEACH, Fla. (WFLA) — A man was arrested Thursday after an 8-year-old child with special needs was found swimming unsupervised on two separate occasions. According to the arrest affidavit, ...

BROWARD COUNTY, Fla. — As part of its “Swim South Florida” campaign, Local 10 is working to raise awareness and prevent child drownings. Florida leads the nation in these tragedies, and experts say ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Two tragic deaths this year in Minnesota of children with autism have families on edge and looking for solutions. First, a 4-year-old boy drowned in Hopkins this summer. "It's a fear ...

NOBLESVILLE (WISH) — Big Blue Swim School is offering new swim lessons. The school is now offering adaptive swim lessons for children with special needs. Tara England is the Owner of Big Blue Swim ...

Ask any parent: learning to swim is important, despite the frustrations of those first lessons. And when a child has special needs, large-group lessons in a loud, busy pool simply doesn’t work.

This past weekend, the Gaithersburg, Maryland, community conducted a frantic search for a missing 6-year-old boy with autism. Community members later found Fawzan Hassan’s body in a pond. “As families ...

HANAHAN, S.C. (WCIV) — Children with autism are 160 times more likely to experience drowning compared to their peers, according to the autism society. One couple in the Lowcountry is trying to change ...

Swimming lessons are not simply a summer activity but a weekly highlight for differently-abled children in a popular aquatic program that has lasted for more than three decades. Dori Maxon creates ...

David joined the WCCO team in April 2020, previously working at CBS 58 in Milwaukee. Prior to that, he worked in Las Vegas. While there, David covered several stories in the national spotlight, ...

MINNEAPOLIS — Two tragic deaths this year in Minnesota of children with autism have families on edge and looking for solutions. First, a 4-year-old boy drowned in Hopkins this summer. "It's a fear ...