About two weeks ago, an employee at a local shop nearby found a little guy about 6 years old by himself wandering around wearing only a diaper. When the little boy left the shop and wandered into the street, the employee called the police. When they arrived and tried to talk to him, he wasn't able to communicate, because he was non-verbal. When I heard that story, I instantly got a knot in the pit of my stomach and chills down my spine. Before Dominic learned to talk that was my absolute worst fear. That he would get separated from us and not be able to tell anyone his name or anything else. I had a feeling the little boy they found had Autism. Sure enough, he did. Evidently, he was a foster child and somehow found a way to escape from the home. Luckily, the foster parent came forward within a few hours. Leaving, wandering, escaping or bolting from an area without permission is known as "elopement" and is a serious thing for typically developing...
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