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UTAH: EMTs get autism training; 25,000 autistic children in state right now

Oct 19, 2023, Fox 54: Utah EMS worker is providing autism kits to help better his field https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90GcF1HXWMA
VIDEO: Jeff Wilson learned a lot while training to be a paramedic, but he says one thing he and many other EMTs were not prepared for is dealing with individuals who are on the autism spectrum….

He learned all about that when his own son, John, was diagnosed with autism….

He eventually made a kit which was named after his son which also includes sound reducting headphones and a sign language translation paper.

Then the idea was to try to get a kit into every Gold Cross ambulance. …

Utah EMS for Children, which is federally funded, was able to gather enough money to make dozens and dozens of these John Wilson Autism Kits. …

About 25,000 autistic children are known from 0 to 18 years of age in the state of Utah right now.

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