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Her nonverbal son wandered off school. Westland mom says staff didn’t know how long he was gone.

Her nonverbal son wandered off school. Westland mom says staff didn’t know how long he was gone.
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What to know: A 10-year-old nonverbal boy with autism left Johnson Upper Elementary’s playground during recess Monday and was found safe minutes away on Newburgh Road. Surveillance-based timeline shared by his mother shows the last sighting at 12:38 p.m.; staff began searching at 12:52, called po...

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