RE: Lost and found... phew!

[Guest guest]

Oh wow how scary that must have been. My dd has a runner in her class too. It

has been a fear of mine for along time.

Well, teach them to watch her closer lol the phone system? lol too funny!

Tammie

cathylynn2 wrote:

My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can disappear

faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at the

front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It took

six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the time

they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and shut

down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately has

been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving her

teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts and

I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it had

a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard about

it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

[Guest guest]

Maybe you could take a board and attach a bunch of dead switches and buttons

for her to play with (get the supplies at a hardware store). Tell her there

are buttons she can play with and to leave others alone. Maybe that will

keep her from wandering off to play.

Just a thought.

Nadine

Lost and found... phew!

My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can disappear

faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at the

front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It took

six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the time

they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and shut

down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately has

been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving her

teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts and

I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it had

a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard about

it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

[Guest guest]

Hi My dd is an eloper as well. I just thought I'd let you know about Autism

Service Dogs. They are specially trained to help stop the running. The dogs also

help many other things for autism as well. My dd was just accepted to receive

one of these wonderful animals. If you'd like more info we have a website with a

lot of information. It's also a donation site, but please don't worry about that

part. I'm just trying to get the word about this fairly new aspect of Service

Dogs. There are also many other sites on this as well. The website is

www.hannahsdog.com

Best wishes.

Janet

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From: Autism_in_Girls on behalf of cathylynn2

Sent: Wed 3/29/2006 6:28 PM

To: Autism_in_Girls

Subject: Lost and found... phew!

My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can disappear

faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at the

front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It took

six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the time

they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and shut

down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately has

been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving her

teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts and

I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it had

a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard about

it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

[Guest guest]

Thanks for the suggestion, . Her MO changes constantly and it

is tough trying to stay on top of things. It's always nice to get

input when trying to deal with these issues.

> Maybe you could take a board and attach a bunch of dead switches

> and buttons

> for her to play with (get the supplies at a hardware store). Tell

> her there

> are buttons she can play with and to leave others alone. Maybe

> that will

> keep her from wandering off to play.

>

>

>

> Just a thought.

>

>

>

> Nadine

[Guest guest]

That is TOO FUNNY! You ever thought about getting a service dog to

help keep tabs on her? I've been heavily researching it, thinking in

the next couple of years we'll get one for Allie Kat.

Too bad you can't find a big board full of switches & buttons that

would create lights & gentle sounds. I'd bet that would make a great

positive reinforcer for her, not to mention a great fine motor skills

game.

Debi

[Guest guest]

Debi,

I'd say 90 percent of her toys do that LOL She just needs more and

more excitement from the cause and effect lately. I'm pretty sure

she is just craving more attention. My husband was in a terrible

accident a couple weeks ago, was in a coma for 5 days, and then had

to have reconstructive surgery on his hands. Needless to say he is

totally helpless and immobilized and I have had to do basically

everything for him, so is not getting as much attention from me.

I think this will pass as soon as things get back to

" normal " ....whatever normal is LOL.

> That is TOO FUNNY! You ever thought about getting a service dog to

> help keep tabs on her? I've been heavily researching it, thinking in

> the next couple of years we'll get one for Allie Kat.

>

> Too bad you can't find a big board full of switches & buttons that

> would create lights & gentle sounds. I'd bet that would make a great

> positive reinforcer for her, not to mention a great fine motor skills

> game.

>

> Debi

>

[Guest guest]

, I'm SO SORRY about your husband. I hope he heals quickly. Must

have been a scary time for you all.

Debi

[Guest guest]

I have to admit my little guy sound like your daughter. He's always

pushing, pulling or turning some thing. His faviorte is to try to

drive the car. He's 3 and little for his age but somehow manages to

get into the minivan and close the door to boot.

He'll be driving down the street soon if I can't catch him in time.

>

> My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can

disappear

> faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

> wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at

the

> front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It took

> six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the

time

> they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and shut

> down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately

has

> been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving

her

> teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

> copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts

and

> I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it

had

> a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard

about

> it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks Debi.... My coping skills have certainly been honed over the

years. :-) cathy

> , I'm SO SORRY about your husband. I hope he heals quickly. Must

> have been a scary time for you all.

>

> Debi

>

[Guest guest]

What a wonderful service! However, my has been terrified of dogs since

she was 3. She's run from the service dogs LOL

Lost and found... phew!

My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can disappear

faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at the

front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It took

six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the time

they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and shut

down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately has

been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving her

teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts and

I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it had

a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard about

it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

[Guest guest]

Dear ,

I must have missed your posting about your husband. I am very sorry

to read that something has happened to him and hope he is feeling better.

Re: Re: Lost and found... phew!

Thanks Debi.... My coping skills have certainly been honed over the

years. :-) cathy

> , I'm SO SORRY about your husband. I hope he heals quickly. Must

> have been a scary time for you all.

>

> Debi

>

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[Guest guest]

Thank you, . He was in a very serious accident, but has made

remarkable progress and is expected to make a full recovery.

> Dear ,

> I must have missed your posting about your husband. I am very sorry

> to read that something has happened to him and hope he is feeling

> better.

>

[Guest guest]

That would be an issue! My dd has grown up around dogs and does not seem to have

fear of anything! Another autism issue!

Janet

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From: Autism_in_Girls on behalf of Dougherty

Sent: Thu 3/30/2006 4:54 PM

To: Autism_in_Girls

Subject: RE: Lost and found... phew!

What a wonderful service! However, my has been terrified of dogs since

she was 3. She's run from the service dogs LOL

Lost and found... phew!

My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can disappear

faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at the

front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It took

six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the time

they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and shut

down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately has

been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving her

teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts and

I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it had

a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard about

it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

[Guest guest]

Sounds like my daughter. Every time we go out in public she's

looking for a way to get away from us. And she's smart enough to

watch you and run the split second you look away. I'm glad to know

that " professionals " can loose one too. That'll keep em on their

toes. lol!

And we have the button and switch thing going too. We have to stay

in the room with her when she watches TV because she'll have the

VCR, DVD player and radio all going at the same time. We have to

keep them unpluged all the time to get her to leave them alone. She

often tries to sneak outside so she can mess with all the dials and

switches in the car. I can't tell you how many times we've had the

crap scared out of us because she's turned the volume up full blast

on the stereo. One thing though, life is never boring for us is it?

Cristy

>

> My daughter is what we often call a " runner " . She can

disappear

> faster than you can blink. Today, during the school assembly,

> wandered away from her teachers and out one of the four doors at

the

> front and rear of the auditorium. No one saw her leave. It

took

> six people searching frantically to track her down and, by the

time

> they did, she had wandered into the school's control room and

shut

> down all the school's phones and electricity. Her " thing " lately

has

> been pushing buttons and pulling switches, and basically driving

her

> teachers nuts with the computers, lights, microwave, phones, fax,

> copy machine, etc. She was thwarted all morning in her attempts

and

> I guess she went in search of bigger buttons to push. At least it

had

> a happy ending, and I was spared the panic, since I only heard

about

> it when I picked her up. My daughter the terrorist! LOL

>

>

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

You've got that right, Cristy! :-)

> One thing though, life is never boring for us is it?

> Cristy