Sheila Medlam has taken her fight to the Internet to collect enough signatures and support to send the Mason Alert petition to lawmakers to promote a national registry for individuals with special needs.  PLEASE SIGN AND PASS ALONG: Mason Allen Medlam Foundation  [You can add your signature by clicking on the link] The family hopes [...]

LifePROTEKT proudly announces a strategic partnership with SecuraTrac, a dynamic provider of personal location services focused on protecting children, the elderly and people with special needs. As a leading supplier of personal GPS locators, LifePROTEKT has the greatest confidence in SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL (Personal Automated Locator)® device, and we are pleased to be able to offer [...]

Think texting is just for teenagers?  Think again.  The latest survey from Nielsen media shows the nation’s seniors and boomers are spending an increasing amount of time using their phones. The data shows that those in the 55-64 demographic are sending and receiving on average 80 text messages and averaging over 580 minutes per month [...]

ELLSWORTH, Maine  When people with Alzheimers or autism wander from home, the Ellsworth police department wants to be ready to start searching for them without delay. That’s why police are asking residents who have family members with Alzheimers or autism to submit information to police that will help find them. The information includes name, age, [...]

STUDENTS with intellectual disabilities are being “caged” inside a fenced-off area at a Hobart school in a security measure parents and advocates have slammed as inhumane. There have also been reports of another Tasmanian school making its special-needs students wear bright red hats so they can be easily counted within the school yard. Action for [...]

QUINCY, Mass. Quincy Police Lt. Dan Minton waded into the water at Wollaston Beach and approached the boy cautiously so as to not startle him. Minton said he chatted nonchalantly with the 8-year-old about swimming, and the boy took his hand. As they walked back to shore, the boy complained of pain in his foot [...]

WATERLOO — Rebecca Heibein worries about the dangers her son could unknowingly stumble into.  Colton has Asperger’s syndrome, a form of autism characterized by social difficulties and repetitive behaviors and interests When he gets upset or frustrated, which is suddenly and intensely, Colton bolts to find a place where he can be alone. That’s OK [...]

AWN Radio welcomed Tanya Bloom and her daughter Nadia on the show this past week. Nadia created a global media sensation, especially in the autism community, as it was only 4 short months ago when she got lost in a swamp located in the woods near her family’ Winter Springs Florida home.  Nadia survived 4 days and 4 [...]

PARENTS at a school for children with special needs are angry that it has missed out on vital funding which could save its pupils lives.  All they want is a fence – not to keep people out but to stop the children from getting out and into danger. The group, from Glenvale Special School at [...]

As parents isn’t this our greatest fear?  In Orlando, Fla. – A 5 year old mildly autistic boy was found wet and wandering alone one mile from his home after being placed on the wrong school bus.  The boy’s mother said her son should have been dropped off  at the apartments where she lived, but in fact was [...]