Last week one of Re-Search’s readers was in Canada. He e-mailed about an on-going search for a seven-year old autistic missing child.
Interestingly the big story on the TV out here is a missing autistic boy, missing for 2 days in heavy snow wearing a light shirt. They found him today, still alive, no update on his condition but he’s obviously serious. The media had written him off, goes to show that there’s always hope and for me a clear example of just why we all do it.
… might be good as a post for your blog. Shows what’s possible after people have lost hope. Certainly struck a chord with me.… Not a happy ending
It is an unfortunate fact that we see a lot of lost kid stories in the autism community. Elopement—running away—is real and serious.
I’m always caught in what to do when these stories come up in the media. The stories affect me greatly as this is one of the big fears of an autism parent. It affects me even more when I think of the fear for the lost autistic. I remember being lost. I remember the terror. Most of the stories area about kids, and I know I was a much more capable kid than many of the autistics mentioned in those news stories. I can only imagine how terrifying it must be for the lost autistic. I feel like anything I write could trivialize their experiences.
Read more: http://leftbrainrightbrain.co.uk/?p=3756#ixzz0ZzEj9Gbo
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SYDNEY — The Autism Society of Cape Breton is calling on first responders to be trained to deal with a person with autism during a crisis situation.
Michelle Gardiner, the society’s executive director, said special skills are needed because people that fall under the autism spectrum respond to the environment in a myriad of ways. “It’s a bigger picture than just helping the (first responders). It’s about learning for all components so that those who are making decisions in a crisis situation have all they need to be able to ask the right questions,” Gardiner told the Cape Breton Post in a telephone interview Wednesday. [Read more here...]
