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Offers the Big Red Safety Box for families. Also offers downloadable digital safety toolkits:

• Caregiver Toolkit
• First Responder Toolkit
• Teacher Toolkit

Offers a variety of resources for different audiences. These include Where to find swimming lessons; accidental drowning accounts for approximately 90% of lethal wandering outcomes.

Wandering defined: Wandering is the tendency for an individual to try to leave the safety of a responsible person’s care or a safe area, which can result in potential harm or injury. This might include running off from adults at school or in the community, leaving the classroom without permission, or leaving the house when the family is not looking. Wandering dangers include Drowning; Exposure; Dehydration; Hypothermia; Traffic Injuries; Falls; Physical Restraint; Encounters with strangers; Encounters with law enforcement.

The Autism Wandering Awareness Alerts Response and Education (AWAARE) Collaboration is a working group of six national non-profit autism organizations whose mission is to prevent autism-related wandering incidents and deaths.