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Boy Wanders Away From Camp onto Rt. 100

Tuesday, July 8th, 2008

People often think that we parents of kids with autism are too overprotective…if we are then this is why.
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Wandering boy stirs camp concerns
Larry Carson | Baltimore Sun
Kristen Detwiler had just merged onto busy Route 100 in Ellicott City one afternoon last week when she saw a shocking sight: Her 7-year-old autistic son was running against […]

The Problem With Fearlessness

Tuesday, November 27th, 2007

Autistic children often don’t know how to identify danger
Leslie Griffy | Mercury News
The story of Danny Barrett, the autistic San Jose boy who disappeared overnight in the woods, is all too familiar to parents of children born with the disorder.
It is one of many facets of autism they learn to accommodate: their kids’ tendency to […]