Tag: safety
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Jeanne runs and hides. We struggle with elopement and safety as an Autism Family.
“Wandering, or ‘running away’ from a caregiver, is a common problem in children with autism,” says Crystal Sanford in her 2018 article Elopement and Autism for the the Organization for Autism Research. Jeanne loves to hide and surprise us. We play hide and seek as a family instead or play ghost under a blanket in…
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Silver Lining: Our daycare team helped us find professional help by kicking Jeanne out.
Okay, that is a bit confusing. By daycare asking Jeanne to leave, that move gave us a heavy, powerful fact in getting healthcare professionals to listen as we continued our battle for getting help. We continued to send two of our three kids to the same day care. We love the daycare team. We respect…
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