Autistic boy given tracker device after disappearance - National News | TVNZ

Autistic boy given tracker device after disappearance - National News | TVNZ

Tracking device a silver lining

A silver lining to Ryan's ordeal is that he is now the first Wellingtonian to own a special tracker designed for people with autism.

The Wandatrack is a small device that emits a personalised signal.

It has been designed to give peace of mind to families of people with dementia, autism or other conditions that cause them to regularly wander off.

Ryan's device resembles a pendant but they can also be made to look like a watch or key chain.

Harmer said the technology had been available in Wellington for only a few months but he hoped the devices would become commonplace.

"It reduces our search time massively," he said.

"[On average it takes] 20 searchers up to eight hours, but this would see one to two people searching for maybe an hour."

The devices cost $280 and replacing the battery every six months costs $30.

The recently established Wellington Wander Search Charitable Trust administers the devices and raises funds to cover their cost.

They also ask for a small monthly donation from the user.

Peel said he had looked for something similar in China and other parts of the world without realising he could source one at home.

"One of the good things about this bizarre situation, that I'd never want to find myself in, is Ryan now has a Wandatrack," he said.

More @ http://tvnz.co.nz/national-news/autistic-boy-given-tracker-device-after-disappearance-5167728

More Info:
What is the Wanda Trak?  http://www.aucklandsar.org.nz/wandatrack/index.html

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FOUND: David Soto - Missing autistic teen found unharmed but cold and wet

WILDOMAR: Missing autistic teen found unharmed | Breaking News | PE.com - Press-Enterprise

A 17-year-old boy with autism, whose disappearance from his Wildomar home launched a nearly 24-hour search through the city and beyond, was found cold and wet but otherwise unharmed Thursday afternoon, Oct. 11. 

David Soto, an Elsinore High School student who has the mental capacity of a 10-year-old, left a note for his family Wednesday afternoon telling them he was going treasure hunting, a Riverside County Sheriff’s Department news release said. He had last been seen wearing a pirate Halloween costume around his home in the 35300 block of Chloe Court about 4 p.m. 

City officials rallied dozens of volunteers Thursday morning to help sheriff’s deputies comb the city for David, Councilwoman Bridgette Moore said. That afternoon, David rang the doorbell of a house on Cameo Lane, which dead ends at the rugged foothills on the west side of Wildomar.

More @ http://www.pe.com/local-news/riverside-county/wildomar/wildomar-headlines/20121011-wildomar-missing-autistic-teen-found-unharmed.ece

11 Year Old with Autism Wanders, ends up on Interstate, is killed by SUV

Autistic boy, 11, dies after hit by SUV - Houston Chronicle

An 11-year-old boy who had autism died when he was hit by a sports utility vehicle as he tried to cross the Interstate 10 service road in west Houston Wednesday night.
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The boy has special needs and was in the care of his father when he wandered away as the father was doing laundry, said Estella Olguin, spokeswoman for state Child Protective Services.

"He was being watched," Olguin said, "but he just wandered away. It's tragic."
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More @ http://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/Autistic-boy-11-dies-after-hit-by-SUV-3919001.php

Severely autistic 11 old lost 3 times in 3 weeks from 'Safe' and 'Secure' School

If the school didn't even notice that he was missing for 2 hours, that says a lot about the level of education being provided.  Pitiful. To lose the kid 3 times in 3 weeks shows that the school is clueless about autism and the associated dangers.

Parents' fury as autistic boy goes missing from school three times in three weeks - Parentdish
A furious dad is keeping his 11-year-old son, who is autistic, at home after he went missing from the 'safe and secure' Lindsworth School three times in as many weeks. 

Metal worker Martin Breakwell from Yardley, Birmingham, describes his son Ryan as being a 'severely autistic' boy with Asperger Syndrome and ADHD. 

He claims Ryan went missing early in September, then on another occasion where he was found in a phone box two miles away phoning the police for help, and, most recently, last Tuesday, where he turned up in an estate agents' office. 

He said the school took 'the best part of two hours' to realise he was missing on September 18. 

Martin, 42, said the school had been recommended to him by the education department because it would be 'safe and secure' for Ryan.

More @ http://www.parentdish.co.uk/2012/10/02/parents-fury-as-autistic-boy-goes-missing-from-school-three-times-in-three-weeks/