special needs

Special-needs teen killed in house fire

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BRONX, NY – A 13-year-old girl with special needs tragically lost her life in a house fire in the Bronx on Saturday, just hours before her 14th birthday. Skylar Michilin, who was wheelchair-bound, was asleep in her second-floor bedroom when the fire erupted around 4:15 p.m. in the family’s home on Boyd Avenue in the Wakefield neighborhood. Erdene Kims, a 21-year-old neighbor, recounted the horrifying scene. She and another woman were outside when they noticed …

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School bus monitor charged in choking death of 6-year-old child with special needs

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A tragic incident in New Jersey has led to the arrest of a school bus monitor after a 6-year-old girl with special needs died due to a fatal choking incident. The monitor, Amanda Davila, failed to notice that the harness securing the child to her wheelchair had tightened around her neck. The authorities have charged Davila in connection with the incident, which occurred earlier this week. Amanda Davila, a 26-year-old resident of New Brunswick, was …

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