Guest guest Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 hi everyone, i have a 7y/o son, joshua, with ds/autism- and today he escaped the house by unlocking the front door and wandered out into the yard. he is non-verbal. any suggestions on how i can prevent this from happening again- or any products out there i can put on my door to alert me earlier. i just got an new front door which is steel and i thought he was not strong enough to open it. he is little for his age, and i was very wrong. please help. thanks in advance. kris Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 3, 2006 Report Share Posted June 3, 2006 Hi Kris, There are door alarms that seem to work very well. At one time it was an issue in my household. I have deadbolts that I can lock with a key from inside the house. The drawback to that was having to walk around with a key in my pocket. The door alarms would have alerted me that the door was open but I would have had to persue him in the chase. I'm sure you will find something that will work for your household. Charlyne Mom to Zeb 13 DS/OCD/ASD? krisgrahampritt wrote: hi everyone, i have a 7y/o son, joshua, with ds/autism- and today he escaped the house by unlocking the front door and wandered out into the yard. he is non-verbal. any suggestions on how i can prevent this from happening again- or any products out there i can put on my door to alert me earlier. i just got an new front door which is steel and i thought he was not strong enough to open it. he is little for his age, and i was very wrong. please help. thanks in advance. kris -------------------------------------------------- Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ -------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 In a message dated 6/4/2006 8:00:38 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, absull@... writes: We put contact alarms on all of our doors.(inexpesive,like the kind you put on your windows ..less than $5) We also put a simple bolt lock acrossthe top of the door which was way up high. also if you have medicaid waiver you can get them to provide safety alarms/locks. We also put an alarm on Trisha's bedroom door so that if she came out during the night we would know it and could guide her back to bed. Trisha doesn't wander too often now but as we know from the terrible scare last year at camp the tendency is still there should something intrigue her interest. Carol Trishasmom She isn't Typical, She's Trisha! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Wel, our little escape artist is 16 now, but was a master of escape when he was younger. We put contact alarms on all of our doors.(inexpesive,like the kind you put on your windows ..less than $5) We also put a simple bolt lock acrossthe top of the door which was way up high. Brigid safety concern hi everyone, i have a 7y/o son, joshua, with ds/autism- and today he escaped the house by unlocking the front door and wandered out into the yard. he is non-verbal. any suggestions on how i can prevent this from happening again- or any products out there i can put on my door to alert me earlier. i just got an new front door which is steel and i thought he was not strong enough to open it. he is little for his age, and i was very wrong. please help. thanks in advance. kris -------------------------------------------------- Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ -------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 We aloarmed our doors very inexpensivelyt thru Radio Shack. But I saw an alarm product from Safety First in the Baby section of K-mart that does the same thing. You install a battery operated lock with a magnet to the top of your door. When the door opens, it alarms. It can be set for immediate or with a delay. I know that ELie did not like the sound of the alarm and always looked to see if the red light was on before he would touch the door. It is a BIG problem. I can tell you that now that Elie is almost 21, it rarely happens, but we lived for years knowing that he would wander off. The worst times for us were at sunrise and sunset. We also always go to the nearest police or sherriff's office and notify them and give them a picture so that they know this is an ongoing problem. YOU ARE NOT A BAD MOTHER> Elie used to escape when I was in the bathroom! Even great mothers need a few minutes a day in the bathroom!!!! Sara - Choose to make lemonade, not complain about the lemons. > >Reply-To: >To: >Subject: safety concern >Date: Sun, 04 Jun 2006 03:01:38 -0000 > >hi everyone, > >i have a 7y/o son, joshua, with ds/autism- and today he escaped the >house by unlocking the front door and wandered out into the yard. he >is non-verbal. any suggestions on how i can prevent this from >happening again- or any products out there i can put on my door to >alert me earlier. i just got an new front door which is steel and i >thought he was not strong enough to open it. he is little for his age, >and i was very wrong. please help. thanks in advance. kris > > > > > > >-------------------------------------------------- >Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of >our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by >including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the >archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ >-------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 We have a alarm on our door that rings really loud when its opened. My son Adam 3 learned how to open the front door already also. I have seen different kinds of door alarms at target. Another thing we are doing is visual signs. I have huge stop signs on our oven and front door. safety concern hi everyone, i have a 7y/o son, joshua, with ds/autism- and today he escaped the house by unlocking the front door and wandered out into the yard. he is non-verbal. any suggestions on how i can prevent this from happening again- or any products out there i can put on my door to alert me earlier. i just got an new front door which is steel and i thought he was not strong enough to open it. he is little for his age, and i was very wrong. please help. thanks in advance. kris -------------------------------------------------- Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ -------------------------------------------- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Our son Gavin is 7 and he still escapes on a regular basis!! Locking the door no longer helps, as he has learned to unlock it quite a while ago. We have installed the chain guards (I'm not sure of the proper name of them) at the top of all our doors. The door still opens slightly but not far enough for him to get out. I also saw at our " Dollar Stores " that they have battery operated devices that are alarms that are set off when the door is opened. We have held off on that until he learns to pull the chair over to slide the chain off the door. Good luck! I know how scary that is when you realize they are out of the house. , mom to Gavin 7 ds, pdd, ocd > > We have a alarm on our door that rings really loud when its opened. My son Adam 3 learned how to open the front door already also. I have seen different kinds of door alarms at target. Another thing we are doing is visual signs. I have huge stop signs on our oven and front door. > > safety concern > > > hi everyone, > > i have a 7y/o son, joshua, with ds/autism- and today he escaped the > house by unlocking the front door and wandered out into the yard. he > is non-verbal. any suggestions on how i can prevent this from > happening again- or any products out there i can put on my door to > alert me earlier. i just got an new front door which is steel and i > thought he was not strong enough to open it. he is little for his age, > and i was very wrong. please help. thanks in advance. kris > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Checkout our homepage for information, bookmarks, and photos of our > kids. Share favorite bookmarks, ideas, and other information by including them. > Don't forget, messages are a permanent record of the archives for our list. > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ > -------------------------------------------- > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 4, 2006 Report Share Posted June 4, 2006 Years ago, we put double bolt locks on the doors and Ian still got out. Then we put chain locks on the door -- but set them so that the only way to loosen the chain is with a key. When Ian is home for visits, we have the chain lock on. I wish I could say that my experience has shown me that kids outgrow this Houdini obsession, but we're still waiting. CK, Mom to Ian (2/89), (9/90), and Rose (6/94) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 5, 2006 Report Share Posted June 5, 2006 Hi everyone, I am home from Boston. Duff and I had such a wonderful time at his reunion. It was wonderful to see folks we hadn't seen in years, and to reminisce. The thing they all couldn't believe is that Joe, and n are now 25, 23 and 20. They were 8, 6 and 3 when we lived up there.....I'm afraid we made everyone feel old....LOL As for the safety issue, it's still huge with us. Like Sara, we had no luck with the name tag idea....Maddie too, ate right through the metal. I DID do up a little MO on her and gave it to our police department (don't know how helpful here, living in the big city, but it was something I could do). We have FIVE exit doors on our first floor, so it's a real worry. I have those child handles on our doors....the ones you have to squeeze the two buttons together to open it....so far, she hasn't figured it out. Matter of fact, most adults need our help to open them.....LOL Welcome to all newcomers who may have joined while I was away. Looking forward to *getting to know you*. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 6, 2006 Report Share Posted June 6, 2006 You're lucky with the child handles Donna. Seth figured it out in less than 3 minutes. Course, his Dad still hasn't gotten it. LOL Gail :-) We have FIVE exit doors on our first floor, so it's a real worry. I have those child handles on our doors....the ones you have to squeeze the two buttons together to open it....so far, she hasn't figured it out. Matter of fact, most adults need our help to open them.....LOL Welcome to all newcomers who may have joined while I was away. Looking forward to *getting to know you*. Donna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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