City Organizing Voluntary Registry of Autistic and Individual Needs Residents
Police and firefighters would be relayed vital personal information about people during an emergency situation.
A firefighter, police, or person in need of rescue could be saved, if emergency responders know vital information about the people they're rescuing. Boston emergency response leaders continued the conversation of creating a citywide "individual needs" registry that would relay vital personal info during a rescue to firefighters and police. Last Thursday, District 5 City Councilor Rob Consalvo led a Boston City Council hearing with testimony from Boston Emergency Medical Services, Police, and Fire leaders. Members of the Boston Center for Independent Living and Family Autism Center also spoke. Autistic Children Sometimes Resist Rescue There have been examples of autistic children not cooperating with rescuers, according to Westwood Fire …
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