US EditionWhat Is an Ian Alert? New Alerting System in Effect in Kentucky
KENTUCKY, JUL 15 – Kentucky's Ian Alert notifies communities broadly to protect children with autism who are at high risk of wandering and drowning, the leading cause of death in these children.
- On July 15, 2024, Kentucky launched the Ian Alert, a system designed to help save the lives of children with autism.
- Kentucky legislators passed the law, driven by drowning risks and advocacy by Rhonda O'Brien.
- Kentucky Emergency Management Director Steve Hensley said using Amber Alert technology and bridging gaps between alerts, the Ian Alert can notify entire Boone and Campbell counties.
- The Autism Society noted the Ian Alert will help increase public awareness because it only takes a few seconds for a child to wander away.
- With other states considering similar measures, the Ian Alert's nationwide adoption could enhance safety for children with autism across the country.
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Grandmother of boy who inspired Kentucky's IAN Alert reflects on first use
Kentucky's statewide alert system for missing children with autism and special needs was used for the first time this week, bringing both hope and heartache to the woman who helped lobby to create it."It was really a shock yesterday, cause that's the first one," Rhonda O'Brien told LEX 18 from her home in Lincoln County.O'Brien is the grandmother of Ian Sousis, the 9-year-old boy whose death inspired the creation of the IAN Alert system in Kentu…
What is an Ian Alert? New alerting system in effect in Kentucky | News Channel 3-12
By Emily Sanderson, Brian Hamrick Click here for updates on this story FRANKFORT, Ky. (WLWT) — A new alert designed to help save the lives of children with autism is now in effect in Kentucky. The alert is called an Ian Alert. It’s named for Ian Sousis, a 9-year-old boy who had autism. He ran away from the Children’s Home of Northern Kentucky and drowned in the Ohio River on June 4, 2022. His grandmother, Rhonda O’Brien, had been working to …
What is an Ian Alert? Missing Kentucky child triggers first alert to help find children with disabilities
A search for a 5-year-old who wandered away from his Hart County home Tuesday triggered Kentucky's first-ever Ian Alert, an alert system specifically designed for children who have disabilities who are in physical danger.The alert is named after Ian Sousis, an autistic child whose body was found in the Ohio River after he was reported missing from the Northern Kentucky Children's Home in Covington in 2022.Despite the quick response from authorit…
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