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AUTISM SAFETY AND AWARENESS
Gerald Hasselbrink St. Cloud, Minnesota
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Contact and Emergency Information For Carrying in the Pocket (Sample)
Gives name, address, and contact information about the person carrying it.
Designed for situations where the person is lost in a store or other public place.
Alter for your situation, print out, and place in his/her pocket.
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DISABLED CHILD - PLEASE HELP ME My name is ___________. I have AUTISM. This is a brain disorder. I do not speak or understand or appreciate danger. I become lost very easily and do not know I am lost. I may have outbursts or pinch or scream or shake my hands or arms or act in other unusual ways, particularly when I am under stress. HOWEVER, I AM NOT DANGEROUS. I DO NOT HAVE ANY KIND OF WEAPON. I DO NOT USE WEAPONS. I NEVER INTEND TO HARM ANYONE. My parents are ___________ and ___________ I live at ___________ My home phones are ___________ My mother works at ___________; phone ___________ My father works at ___________; phone ___________ My grandmother is ___________, address ___________; phone ___________ My doctor is ___________, address ___________; phone ___________ If you found me in a store or other building with a public address system, please have someone page my mother and father. Don’t leave me alone or let me wander off! If you cannot locate my parents, please call the police or have an ambulance take me to an emergency room. I am on medications: ___________; and ___________. REWARD FOR MY RETURN.
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People with autism often do not appreciate danger or understand instructions, and usually require strict supervision.
They often appear deaf because they do not respond to questions or statements or warnings.
Some may harm themselves in various ways, and most people with autism develop repetitive, seemingly pointless, patterns of activity.
It has long been assumed that persons with autism could not live with their family in society and would inevitably be institutionalized.
Today, many families are challenging this assumption, and it is clear that most people with autism benefit from the care and love only a family can offer.
People with autism and their families should maintain their usual everyday activities, like eating in restaurants, shopping, and performing errands.
It is important that people with autism be accepted in society.
For more information phone ____________________.
Distributed by families and professionals working to improve the lives of persons with autism.
AUTISM
I HAVE AUTISM.
I have seizure-like episodes; sometimes I will scream, pinch, or bite.
DO NOT BE AFRAID. DO NOT OVER-REACT.
These episodes are not intended to be aggressive. They may last 1 or 2 minutes, or as long as 15 or 20 minutes.
Autism is a brain disorder marked by problems with communication, behavior, and learning. It is a severe disability which can cause unusual, even disturbing, behavior.
Autism is not well understood. Autism research has received very little funding in the past.
People with autism often do not appreciate danger or understand instructions, and usually require strict supervision.
They often appear deaf because they do not respond to questions or statements or warnings.
Some may harm themselves in various ways, and most people with autism develop repetitive, seemingly pointless, patterns of activity.
It has long been assumed that persons with autism could not live with their family in society and would inevitably be institutionalized.
Today, many families are challenging this assumption, and it is clear that most people with autism benefit from the care and love only a family can offer.
People with autism and their families should maintain their usual everyday activities, like eating in restaurants, shopping, and performing errands.
It is important that people with autism be accepted in society.
For more information phone ____________________.
Distributed by families and professionals working to improve the lives of persons with autism.
AUTISM
I HAVE AUTISM.
I have seizure-like episodes; sometimes I will scream, pinch, or bite.
DO NOT BE AFRAID. DO NOT OVER-REACT.
These episodes are not intended to be aggressive. They may last 1 or 2 minutes, or as long as 15 or 20 minutes.
Autism is a brain disorder marked by problems with communication, behavior, and learning. It is a severe disability which can cause unusual, even disturbing, behavior.
Autism is not well understood. Autism research has received very little funding in the past.
People with autism often do not appreciate danger or understand instructions, and usually require strict supervision.
They often appear deaf because they do not respond to questions or statements or warnings.
Some may harm themselves in various ways, and most people with autism develop repetitive, seemingly pointless, patterns of activity.
It has long been assumed that persons with autism could not live with their family in society and would inevitably be institutionalized.
Today, many families are challenging this assumption, and it is clear that most people with autism benefit from the care and love only a family can offer.
People with autism and their families should maintain their usual everyday activities, like eating in restaurants, shopping, and performing errands.
It is important that people with autism be accepted in society.
For more information phone ____________________.
Distributed by families and professionals working to improve the lives of persons with autism.