toggle audio on and off change volume download audio A little butterfly is carrying a large message in Maryland, WTOP's Michelle Murillo reports.

Several people showed up at Motor Vehicle Administration offices Wednesday to get new identification cards with a special butterfly logo, but it’s hardly surprising that the first one went to Montgomery County resident Eric Carpenter-Grantham.

After all, “ Eric’s ID Law ,” which allowed for the creation of the new cards, is named after Carpenter-Grantham.

The law requires that the MVA add the butterfly logo above the words “hidden disability” on cards for those who request it, like Carpenter-Grantham, who has high-functioning autism. The logo is meant to help police identify Marylanders with developmental or intellectual disa

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