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Irum Shoaib’s son wandered away from a playground on Aug. 15. Immediately, her community stepped up to help find the four-year-old with autism. Now, Shoaib wants to thank the people that dropped everything to help find Rohaan.
Irum Shoaib’s 4-year-old son wandered from a Fredericton playground, then the community stepped in
Hannah Rudderham · CBC News
· Posted: Aug 24, 2026 5:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 27 minutes ago
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Irum Shoaib with her son Rohaan, who went missing on Aug. 15. A community effort helped find the four-year-old boy, who has autism. (Submitted by Irum Shoaib)
When Irum Shoaib first moved her family to a new Fredericton neighbourhood last year, she thought it was quiet — even sometimes thinking to herself that the people in the community might be rude for not interacting more.
But all of that changed on Aug. 15 when her autistic son, Rohaan, went missing.
“Someone is taking care of my big kids because they were crying, you know, someone [is] like telling me, ‘Oh, it’s OK,” Shoaib recalled a little less than a week after the event, her voice shaking.
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