Monday 8 October 2012

Running away common with autism

An autistic child looks out from behind a chair at the Consulting Centre for Autism in Amman Genevra Pittman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Almost half of children with autism in a new study had run away at least once - and many of them were missing long enough to cause concern. Researchers found that kids most often wandered off from their home, school or a store, and some tried to run away multiple times a day. But rather than being confused about where they were, kids typically left to find a place they enjoyed, to explore or to avoid an anxious or uncomfortable situation, based on their parents' reports. "It's rooted in the very nature of autism itself," said Dr. ...




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