Joshua Alert: New System for Missing Kids with Disabilities

Joshua Alert: New System for Missing Kids with Disabilities

Author: The Daily News Now! April 23, 2026 Duration: 2:01

Ohios Joshua Alert Bill: A New Hope for Missing Children with Developmental Disabilities

Ohio lawmakers are on the brink of passing the Joshua Alert, a new emergency system for children under eighteen with developmental disabilities who go missing and face danger. Named after Joshua Al-Lateef Junior, a nonverbal autistic boy who drowned in 2024, the bill aims to fill the gap in current rules that dont require community-wide alerts in the first 24 hours for wandering cases. The bill, HB 359, has bipartisan support and has already passed the House unanimously. It could soon mean quicker, uniform responses statewide, saving lives in those critical first hours.

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