A global GPS company is giving Rochester families another way to watch after their autistic children.

“It’s important to me because I’m going to be able to know where he is,” said parent Brittany Granville. 

Angel Sense is a GPS monitoring company out of Israel that decided to donate 25 GPS devices to the Autism Council following the death of Trevyan Rowe.

Rowe was a 14-year-old autistic RCSD student who drowned in the Genesee River in March.

"I welcome the changes if it can save someone else’s child," said Trevyan Rowe’s uncle, Kent Handy. 

“Parents who have children with autism know that 91 percent of children in our country that wander or elope usually end up drowning,” said Lawana Jones, Autism Council executive director. “The sooner we can get folks onboard to know that the child is missing, the sooner we can search those predetermined areas to make sure the child is OK.” 

The devices will be given to autistic kids and vulnerable adults who are prone to wandering away and bolting off. The GPS device allows caregivers to monitor vulnerable adults and autistic children in real time. 

“You can sit and watch their whereabouts. You can also listen in to see what exactly is going on where they are,” said Jones. 

Thanks to a local anonymous business owner, six families will receive one year of free monitoring. Parents in the autism community say this is an added resource for them to try and prevent another tragedy from happening. 

“Having the option of this could prevent a deathly event from happening,” said Granville. “There’s nothing worth more than your child’s life.” 

The GPS devices that were given out in memory of Trevyan Rowe give his family comfort that this will be his legacy.

"I never would have imagined that he would touch so many lives and so many differences would come behind his death," said Handy.

Those interested in signing up their child for GPS monitoring can contact the Autism Council.