Promising Solutions to Prevent Special Needs Individuals from Wandering

According to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, approximately 800,000 children are reported missing each year in the United States[i].  For children with special needs the incidence of wandering is higher than typical developing children.  Nearly half of children with autism will wander, or elope, from safe environments[ii].  Similarly, according to the National Alzheimer’s association, six in every ten people with Alzheimer’s disease exhibit wandering behavior[iii].  The sudden rise of in home security and automation and wirelessly connected tracking solutions offers more alert and tracking options to better manage a wandering incident.