Autistic boy wanders from school, elementary didn't notice - KFOR

Autistic boy wanders from school, elementary didn't notice - KFOR

OKLAHOMA CITY -- A metro family is upset with Oklahoma City Public Schools after a kindergartner with autism walks home from school in the middle of the afternoon. It was about an hour before school got out on Friday, 6-year-old Trevor, who has autism, walked away from Oakridge Elementary School in Southeast Oklahoma City.

He made his way through the neighborhood to his house.

When the family contacted the school to let them know he had made it home, they say no one even knew he was even missing.

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National Autism Association & AutismCollege.com To Offer Free Online Safety Conference - AGE OF AUTISM

National Autism Association & AutismCollege.com To Offer Free Online Safety Conference - AGE OF AUTISM: "San Diego, CA – The National Autism Association and AutismCollege.com are teaming up in February to offer a free web conference for caregivers of those diagnosed with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The web conference series entitled Autism Safety and Crisis Prevention will feature top autism experts covering sensitive safety topics that include sexual-abuse risk reduction, bullying prevention, suicide ideation, wandering prevention, and prevention of risks associated with restraint and seclusion."

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Autistic teen rescued at NM national monument - Boston.com

Autistic teen rescued at NM national monument - Boston.com

Search and rescue workers on Monday found an autistic teenager who had wandered away from his family during a weekend outing at White Sands National Monument and spent the night among the sand dunes with no food or water.

The rescue came a week after a successful search for an Oklahoma couple who got lost at the monument while trying to hike back to their vehicle after the man proposed.

Monument officials said the autistic 15-year-old was spotted midmorning by a U.S. Air Force Blackhawk helicopter. He was walking in the dunes about six miles from where he was last seen.