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At 5 months old, Tyler Cassinelli, now 3, was battling both liver cancer and intractable epilepsy. When he was at Seattle Children’s preparing to undergo cancer treatment, Tyler had a seizure that stopped his breathing

In honor of Autism Awareness Month, On the Pulse shares a story about a mother with 3-year-old twin daughters who have autism and her showing of gratitude for the relentless care and support that the Seattle Children’s Autism Center staff has provided her family. Nataly Cuzcueta felt like a proud parent when she witnessed her twin daughters, Kira and Aliya, smile, laugh and walk for the first time

Mya Garcia, 13, has three birthdays. The first one celebrates the day she came into the world

Children ages 1 to 4 have the highest drowning rates, with drowning causing more deaths of children in this age range than anything else, other than birth defects. Never leave a young child alone or in the care of another young child while in or near bathtubs, pools, spas, wading pools, ponds, ditches or other open standing water. “Finding time to sign up for swim lessons, getting there on time each week and changing your child in a crowded locker room isn’t easy, but it’s so important,” said Quan. Providing the opportunity to build water skills as your child develops increases their protection against drowning. Even if you or your child knows how to swim, children, teens and adults should always wear a life jacket when on a boat, inner tube or other watercraft, and when swimming in open water like a lake, river or the ocean.