Greetings Everyone -

Here's the latest article from the Autism Spectrum Disorders site at BellaOnline.com.

Autistic teen elopement survival story
Personal experience on what takes place when nonverbal teen on the autism spectrum gets off school campus.

http://www.bellaonline.com/articles/art178046.asp


I will be putting together another article with resources to help prevent elopement. There was also another incident from home over the summer and he ended up at the same location. It was a Sunday night and he left after his night time meds and in socks only, no shoes.

His class is going there in two days so I am a bit worried about how he will react. I was interviewed a few weeks ago for an article on autism in an upcoming issue of Southern California Physician Magazine. She will be including a link to this blog article she found

http://autismfamiily.blogspot.com/2012/07/autistic-teen-terrified-of-dogs.html


Some resources -

A free app - http://www.pocketparentapp.com/

http://special-ism.com/managing-my-inflexible-thinking/

Facebook page for this site
http://special-ism.com/managing-my-inflexible-thinking/


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Bonnie Sayers, Autism Spectrum Disorders Editor
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