Uncharted waters ahead

Phew Diagnosis in hand, now what was the question I found myself asking. Luckily I have found other moms with children that have been diagnosed. Jess has been the biggest help in my journey, always answering my questions as crazy as some of them have been! I am so happy they got posted to Edmonton for the best autism services in Canada and thank goodness for facebook and unlimited long distance, because I surely am going to miss her and our momma bear coffee chats. 

We had another wandering event thankfully a woman noticed her walking in her diaper and called 911, and hubby had called from our end. We noticed trend was when I left to take or pickup her brother from school and when I couldn't lock all of our extra locks from the outside. So we have installed a lock on the second door, bringing locks up to 5 on the two entrances of the home and more options being considered. We currently have an alarm on the second door at the front of the house so to warn us of escape attempts and allow us response time. The day after the second escape I was in meetings with the Military Police and Fire Department along with Canadian Forces Housing Agency to set protocols and find what else we were able to do, to prevent escape. I noticed that a lot of people who do not know anything about flight risk children don't understand, and I have received a few comments about oh how does she keep getting out, maybe try moving! Well if it were that easy then I would be all over that! I think it's time to educate some of the extended friends in our lives about Autism, I know I am no expert and still am learning but people may be less likely to judge if they have some background information. Today's goal is patience and education.