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Unique water safety program saving lives by teaching children with autism how to swim
By Tahlia Roy
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William nearly drowned twice before joining the WaterAbilities swimming lessons in Canberra. (ABC News: Andrew Kennedy)
Some children with autism have a fascination with water, a tendency to wander and little or no sense of danger, putting them much more at risk of drowning.
But a unique swimming program in Canberra — with a counterintuitive structure — has dived deep into the issue to turn the tragic tide.
Renee Zwikielberg has two children with autism — William, 9, and Sophie, 7 — and said she came frighteningly close to the tragedy of losing a child to drowning.

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