Survey of parents indicates autistic children may be more likely to wander from safety

A study conducted using online questionnaires completed by parents about their autistic children and non-autistic siblings may indicate that autistic children are more likely to wander from safety thereby increasing their risk of injury and death among other negative consequences.  Read more about it at nytimes.com here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/10/08/science/study-shows-autistic-children-are-likely-to-wander.html
Read the study results reported in the Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics at pediatrics.aappublications.org here:
http://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/130/5/870