Ontario teen with special needs dies after found unresponsive at high school

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The Ontario Autism Coalition says the 16-year-old boy’s devastating death highlights the need for better funding and supports for students with special needs

Ontario’s education minister says police and a school board are investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy with special needs who was found unresponsive at his high school earlier this month.

Josh Nisker, a lawyer representing the family of the teen who died, says Landyn Ferris had Dravet Syndrome, a form of epilepsy.

 

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