AMBER/SILVER Alert Action Alert!

By Law, AMBER alerts cannot be issued for children with autism who have wandered off.

Your help is needed in getting an alert system in place for children with autism and other disabilities

This is from the National Autism Association.

Dear Friends,
Below is a link to an article in the September issue of The Autism File Magazine regarding the lack of mandated emergency coordination for missing children with autism.
To view the article, please go to: www.sarnet.org/lib/Lori_Lostboys.pdf
Currently our children are not included in the AMBER Alert criteria -- only abducted children qualify. Currently our children are not part of the Silver Alert criteria -- only adults with mental impairments qualify.

There Is No Emergency Alert System In Place For Missing Children With Autism Or Other Disabilities!

It is our hope that National Legislation will be introduced by a willing legislator who can make sure an alert system with mandated emergency search efforts is in place for these children.
Please send this article to your legislator, or any personal story/plea you may want to share. Follow this link to retrieve your legislators’ contact information: www.usa.gov/Contact/Elected.shtml

Ask them for an alert system in your area -- ask for their help in getting federal legislation introduced that will guide states in implementing an alert system nationwide. It is necessary and important that our children have mandated resources in place to help ensure their safe return home.