Comments on: Try This Tuesday #38: Safety Awareness

By: Trish

Trish — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 15:48:51 +0000

Thanks all who posted and commented. It’s so good that we can have a place like this to share ideas but also to support each other.

I find it easy to let myself live in fear that something bad will happen, when in reality bad things can happen to anyone and we can’t always predict them. How much better to realize we all do the best we can and enjoy every moment we have with our children.

By: Danette

Danette — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:14:59 +0000

Trish – this is such a great topic, I’m going to have to come back after vacation and post on this. I feel like I’m being paranoid sometimes (and dh thinks I’m overprotective) but with kids who don’t have the same natural awareness of potential danger as other kids, it’s hard not to be that way.

By: Barbara

Barbara — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 02:44:44 +0000

I’ve seen on another blog…the child with autism, too young to really understand, has a monitering bracelet. The technology exists to at least be able to track children if they wander.

By: Julie

Julie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 21:53:13 +0000

Oh, I am so going to refer back to this post. I was a little encouraged to read that you also keep your son in eye sight or within arms reach. I thought I was the only one, but whenever I relax a little bit, I see that it really IS necessary for him to be closely supervised and I’m NOT being paranoid. Sigh. Thanks.

By: Tamie

Tamie — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 19:34:19 +0000

Thanks for this post, I am going to check it all out. My 5-year-old has autism and has started “eloping” a lot more lately. We had our first call to 911 this weekend when he got out of the house alone and took off on his scooter.

We couldn’t find him for at least 20 minutes and all I could imagine was him getting hit by a car because he has no concept of danger and wouldn’t bother to look. Thank God we found him safe, but I definitely feel the need to learn more about keeping him that way…

~Tamie

By: Territory Mom

Territory Mom — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 15:29:33 +0000

My son has no fear. I have to know where he is at all times. We avoid certain places unless I have extra hands with me to grab him in a hurry. He is learning about safety at school and they are doing a better job with it than me. He told me, “if I run in the street I’ll hit by a car”, that statement makes a little nervous. I’ll be sure and check out the safety tips. Thanks

By: Lisa

Lisa — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 11:26:03 +0000

Those are good tips.
A great web site. Do 2 Learn. My Joey loves it and it’s helpful to me as well

By: Maddy

Maddy — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 04:19:21 +0000

it’s o.k. I’m thinking not lurking. I feel obliged to say something positive but I also need to be honest.

The truth is that even now they are not ‘traffic aware / spatially aware,’ so for the time being vigilance and constant supervision anywhere outside is still the norm. I still can’t predict when something will ‘set them off’ and I need to react and fast.

Obviously I’m well practiced at many of the triggers but there is still always the unexpected.

I’m still painfully aware that one wrong move from some random thing could have all too dire consequences.

Best wishes