SWIM CAMP

TEXAS STATE UNIVERSITY

TXST Autism Camp offers innovative approach to prevent drowning

Autistic Children are 160 times more likely to drown than their typically- developing peers, according to Jenn Ahrens, Texas State University Health and Human Performance Department clinical associate professor. Ahrens is also the director of Texas State University’s Autism Summer Camp, which has a new swim program that implements an innovative pre-swim ritual to prevent drowning by drawing attention to the child and stopping them from fleeing directly into the pool.