Police Search For Missing Boy With Autism

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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/07/09/terry-dewayne-smith-missing_n_3567362.html

MENIFEE, Calif. — Officials pledged to keep scouring a sun-scorched area of Southern California on Tuesday until they find an autistic 11-year-old boy who was last seen at his home during the weekend. Temperatures have topped 100 degrees every day since Terry Dewayne Smith Jr. went missing, but that didn’t stop hundreds of emergency workers and volunteers from combing the dry brown hills of Menifee on Tuesday.

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About the Areffis

The Areffis are the parents of three children with autism – Kennedy, age 10, Alex, age 9, and Bella, age 7. They wrote “Navigating Autism” because they were not able to find a book to guide them when Kennedy was diagnosed with autism in 2005. They were still struggling to get the assistance she needed when Alex was diagnosed on the spectrum in 2006 and Bella in 2008. They work tirelessly to support parents of autistic children, “We want to help as many people as possible,” says Melissa. “With early intervention, these kids can go on to become anything, and not dependent on disability services their entire lives. As parents, we want our kids to have a shot at happiness, and a ‘normal’ life. We figured we didn’t have any right to complain about how things are unless we did something about it to help.”

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