Redding police found a missing autistic boy just after midnight this morning, nearly four hours after he was last seen near his residence in the area of Park Marina Drive and Athens Avenue.
Keanu Nell-Morgan, 11, was located by citizens as he walked east along the shoulder of Highway 44 near the Sacramento River, Cpl. Mike Woods said in a press release.
Autism After 16, a website on adult autism issues, has added a Police Officer to its writing team to help build dialogue between law enforcement personnel and families of autistic adults. Police Lieutenant Jerry Turning's first contribution focuses on dealing with a teen or adult who becomes a missing person.
Roanoke, VA (PRWEB) May 15, 2012
"It is unthinkable. It is every parent’s worst fear. For a special needs parent or caretaker the mere thought of it can be crippling. You let your guard down for a moment. You turn your attention away from your loved one for an instant. He is gone," states police officer, Jerry Turning.
On more than one occasion, Turning has seen desperation in the eyes of a parent whose autistic son or daughter is missing. As a K9 handler, he has felt the almost unbearable burden of having a family’s entire world resting on his shoulders. And as the father of a son with autism, Turning has also felt the knee-buckling terror of losing his child. He knows that for typical families, the dangers of wandering start to subside as their children reach the age of 5 or 6 years old. But for many special needs parents and caretakers, the dangers remain throughout the teenage years and, often, well into adulthood.
Turning, a police Lieutenant and a certified police K9 Handler and Trainer, is the newest contributor to Autism After 16, a website focusing on information and analysis of adult autism issues. His first article, “Surviving the Wandering Nightmare,” is intended to provide families with insight into working successfully with first responders in the event an autistic teen or adult goes missing. Turning will continue to write articles for Autism After 16 which focus on helping families and law enforcement personnel develop strong community support systems.
“As more children with autism become adults, communities need to know how to incorporate them well,” says the website’s editor, Merope Pavlides. “It’s important that law enforcement and other emergency personnel understand autism, and that families have information regarding how to best work with them. We brought Jerry Turning on board to help develop what we believe is crucial dialogue. As a police officer and an autism parent, his writing provides a unique and important perspective.”
Autism After 16 was developed to address issues facing the growing population of autistic adults and their families. In addition to articles like Turning’s on developing community supports, the website offers analysis of issues such as public school Transition services, employment, housing, and finances.
"As children approach their 18th birthdays, families discover that thinking about how to help them has to change," notes publisher Peter Emch. "Legal rights change, available and appropriate services change, financing options change, time horizons should change … It’s a different world. Services are available but you have to know how to access them. Missteps can cost years or exclude a family from access to services altogether.”
In addition, readers can exchange ideas and information on adult autism issues on the Autism After 16 Facebook page.
For the original version on PRWeb visit:http://www.prweb.com/releases/prweb2012/5/prweb9507456.htm
WESTBOROUGH —
A 4-year-old boy, reported missing this afternoon, was discovered in a swimming pool at a Main Street apartment complex, Worcester District Attorney Joseph D. Early Jr. said. Alexie Lepoer of 135 East Main St., Apt. R4 at Park Village West apartments was found in the murky water of the pool late in the afternoon. Rescue workers tried to resusitate the boy before he was taken to the UMass Medical Center in Worcester where he was pronounced dead. Westborough Police Chief Alan Gordon confirmed earlier this evening that the boy had drowned. The boy's family called Westborough Police shortly before 5 p.m. to report him missing. His body was found just after 5:30 p.m.
Read more: http://www.metrowestdailynews.com/news/x1310216123/Westborough-Police-investigate-possible-drowning#ixzz1urFNa6Tl
COOL SPRING, PA.
After a nearly three-hour search, Mercer County emergency crews located a 13-year-old autistic boy who had wandered away from his home Tuesday afternoon.
The boy, who lives on Miller School Road, was reported missing shortly before 4 p.m.
Pennsylvania State Police and Mercer East End Firefighters located him at about 6:30 p.m. on Airport Road, a few miles from his home.
The boy was unharmed.
More @ http://www.vindy.com/news/2012/may/08/autistic-boy-found-near-his-home/?nw
PHILADELPHIA - It sounds too extraordinary to be true, but it's exactly what happened: A child went to the bathroom, but never returned.
It was an adventurous morning for the 8-year-old, but not for his dad.
Nadir Monroe, 8, asked his teacher at Alexander Wilson Elementary School in Southwest Philadelphia to go to the bathroom. But instead the boy walked out of the school, boarded a trolley and headed for busy Center City. No one in the school saw him.
More @ http://www.myfoxphilly.com/dpp/news/local_news/autistic-child-dissappears-from-phila.-school
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