Whitehall couple give up custody to help autistic child

IRONTON, Ohio — Six days a week, the parents feel invisible to their son. They cannot call or text or send emails because 17-year-old Andrew Butler cannot converse or read or write. Relief comes on Saturdays. That’s when Mark and Susan Butler make the drive from their home in Whitehall to Andrew’s aide-staffed apartment in the southernmost part of the state, a five-hour round-trip that has put thousands of miles on the couple’s car and immeasurable stress on the family dy