Autism Amber Alert: Missing with Autism: James Samples (COOLIDGE, AZ)

AMBER Alerts are distributed via commercial radio stations, satellite radio, television stations, and cable TV by the Emergency Alert System and NOAA Weather Radio for child abductions only! Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder are NOT included in the criteria for issuing an Amber Alert. This really needs to change.

Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Missing with Autism: James Samples (COOLIDGE, AZ)

K-9s aid in search for missing Coolidge boy - CBS 5 - KPHO

COOLIDGE, AZ (KPHO) -

Authorities are searching for an 11-year-old boy who disappeared Tuesday from his aunt's home in Coolidge.

James Samples has a form of Autism called Aspergers. His aunt, Jennifer Felix, said she went to wake up the boy Tuesday morning and he wasn't in his room.

Felix said his shoes and his jacket were also missing. She said Samples has the mental capacity of a 6-year-old.

More @ http://www.kpho.com/story/16047092/authorities-search-for-missing-11-year-old-boy