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Peyton, 7, poses in this undated handout photo. Melissa Stevens’ daughter, Peyton has special needs and has escaped from school several times, but her mom says her pleas for an educational assistant for her daughter have gone unmet. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO — Melissa Stevens
Chris Walters’ four-year-old daughter escaped from her Hamilton school last month and made it three blocks away before she was found by a member of the public in the middle of a road with traffic going around her.
Walters said his daughter is autistic and non-verbal — one of several such children in her kindergarten classroom — and while she has had an educational assistant in class, recently it has been sporadic.
He and other parents, the Ontario Autism Coalition and the province’s three opposition parties are jointly calling for more supports to ensure kids’ safety.
“The fact that she may not have come home that …
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