Autistic Children Are A Lot More Likely To Run Off Or ‘Elope’ – Here’s Why

In response to the latest news, Emma Ahern, a speech and language therapist specialising in autism and ADHD, shared on Instagram: “Elopement can happen in seconds, silently, in a blink, even under loving, careful, attentive supervision. This is not about a family who did something wrong. It is about how fast a child can be gone, and how much further we still have to go to keep autistic children who are at risk of elopement safe.”

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