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Avonte Oquendo’s Death: Questions and Issues

Over 200 mourners gathered in New York on January 25 for the public funeral service for Avonte Oquendo. The 14-year-old autistic boy's remains were found in Queen's by the East River in  January. He'd been missing since October 2013. The search for Avonte was long and intensive, involving 50 members of the NYPD at one point and a detective task force, sewer sweeps conducted by the Department of Environmental Protection, daily checks every subway station in New York by the Metropolitan Transit Authority, and the efforts of total strangers who just wanted to help search. Read more here  Something about

By |February 4th, 2014|Categories: Ableism, Autism, blog, Sarah Levis|Tags: , , , , |0 Comments
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