Wandering & Forever Young
Today’s post is rather light on the usual science. One reader recently suggested a post on wandering. Wandering off and getting lost is a common event for many with more severe autism and while for some it may be an issue only in childhood, for many it will continue to adulthood. US news reports frequently feature this kind of wandering, but it occurs everywhere. Minions like to wander too The broader issue here is that many people with severe autism remain child-like their entire lives. So they continue to face many of the same risks as a neuro-typical toddler. If you do not pay great attention to your typical two year they also may have all kinds of accidents, but they soon figure out that roads are dangerous and falling from a window is going to hurt. There are lots of clever high tech tracking solutions to help find your child, but the ideal solution must be not to lose him in the first place. We have a high fence around our garden; we have a cover on our pool that even ...