How this non-verbal autistic man was rescued from the northern Ontario bush – CBC

Mar 14, 2024

Kaelan Shawana, 24, walked around for hours before OPP helicopter located him

Kaelan Shawana’s family feared the worst after the 24-year-old left his Manitowaning home on Monday in northern Ontario and was nowhere to be found.

The non-verbal autistic man from Wikwemikong First Nation is a big guy at 6-foot-6 and 230 pounds but functions at the level of a seven-year-old, according to his father, Robbie Shawana.

“He doesn’t understand danger. He has no fear.”

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