Autism and Related Disorders in New Brunswick: Important Autism Related Words: Elopement, Wandering, Bolting.

Sunday, March 7, 2021

Important Autism Related Words: Elopement, Wandering, Bolting.

Important Autism Related Words: Elopement, Wandering, Bolting.

Treatment of Elopement Without Blocking With a Child With Autism

https://journals.sagepub.com/.../10.1177/0145445517740871

We had our own experience with Conor when he was very young. On one occasion at at family marsh mellow roast at Black Rock Nova Scotia (photo below from Lighthouse Friends). I was talking with relatives and turned and saw that Conor had wandered into the water where waves and undertows are strong. I ran across the rocks in the water and grabbed him. I have no idea why I didn't slip and fall on the rocks.

Black Rock, Nova Scotia by Lighthouse Friends

On a second occasion I was home with Conor on a Saturday when I received a call from the International President of a Union for whom I was doing some business. I did not hear Conor slip out of the house and when the call ended & I could not find him I called the emergency line and they told me he was in a nearby service station. A good man in a pick up truck had stopped on Main St Fredericton North and taken him into an Ultramar not far from where we lived. The man waited until I arrived and identified myself. He then left before I could even shake his hand. By this time I figured the elopement was Conor's autism related and called a well trained, educated ABA therapist I knew. She worked out a program for him and worked with him and it helped immensely. And to this day I always want to know where Conor is at all times. There is professional literature and news articles reporting on the wandering issues of autistic children and they should be brought to the attention of parents of autistic children, educators and other service providers.

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NB Needs an Adult Autism Center and Network

"Paul McDonnell, September, 2010 "Our greatest need at present is to develop services for adolescents and adults. What is needed is a range of residential and non-residential services and these services need to be staffed with behaviourally trained supervisors and therapists. In the past we have had the sad spectacle of individuals with autism being sent off to institutional settings such as the Campbellton psychiatric hospital, hospital wards, prisons, and even out of the country at enormous expense and without any gains to the individual, the family or the community. We need an enhanced group home system throughout the province in which homes would be linked directly to a major centre that could provide ongoing training, leadership and supervision. That major centre could also provide services for those who are mildly affected as well as permanent residential care and treatment for the most severely affected. Such a secure centre would not be based on a traditional "hospital" model but should, itself, be integrated into the community in a dynamic manner, possibly as part of a private residential development.The focus must be on education, positive living experiences, and individualized curricula. The key to success is properly trained professionals and staff."