A ten-year-old autistic boy wandered away from his after-school program and ended up in another state without his teacher ever noticing that he was gone, according to the child’s upset mother.
KGW News
This is an excellent reason why all kids should either have name tags (“call if found…”, not “My name is Joe” ) or have their home info memorized. Looking at this map, however, it’s really surprising that he walked this far trying to get home. Look how far the school (mentioned in the article) is from the train tracks.
