I'm not sure if you're on Social Security Disabilty for your daughter but if you are lower income you will most likely qualify. On another related board I saw a man that was able to have a 10 ft privacy fence built that social security paid for as well a special higher door locks. Hope this helps.
Dec 08, 2011 Rating
What I did.. by: Anonymous
I put small latches at the top of each door. They are the same as a gate latch but have a spring in them which is a challenge to open for a young person. ( the spring holds the hook in the eye hook. Home depot, lowes etc should have)They cost about 2 dollars each. The next step would be door alarms that chime and can not be disabled.. If you want more info on the latches let me know.
Jul 30, 2010 Rating
Stopping escaping. by: England heather
My autistic son escaped twice when only 2 years old. We had to call the police. We too are on a terribly tight budget, so I'll tell you how to stop it on virtually no money. First of all you have to be desperate to do what I'm going to recommend, but we were desperate. First of all you have to buy some screws, not nails, screws (so you can take them out later when the problem maybe ends) now go and screw down every window you have. Put screws through the window frames, so your windows cannot open.If you have UPVC window frames, buy some little bolts, and drill out the frame and put the bolts on the outside of the windows.
Depending on how tall your kid is buy bolts for all your doors and put the bolts at the very top of the doors. Failing that, get a padlock on all the doors for night time. Before going to bed you can padlock up and hide the keys with you.
There's another cheap kind of lock which works well on both external and internal doors. it's a little screw-type lock with a little barrel type key which you give a few turns to, and it locks your doors. We've got it on our internal doors, so when I put the washing out, I can lock him behind the kitchen door and he can't make a run for it while I'm putting out washing.
If you're desperate, the easiest thing is to put her to bed and get a simple lock on her door so she can't get out of her bedroom and screw her windows shut - permanently!
All you have to think is - Can I get out of my own house in any way? If you can't get out of your own house, then she can't.
Yes, it's a bit of a fire hazard. You won't ever be able to leave your house easily and quicly ever again, but with the escaping kind of autistic kids, we have to do a delicate balancing act on the immediate danger to their lives by escaping and the possible danger from fire. Some good cheap smoke alarms with little batteries in them, screwed to the ceiling will do the job of fire safety for minimal money.
Good luck.This worked for us and we have had no further escapes in 2 and a half years.
Jun 23, 2010 Rating
here what you should do. by: Anonymous
Get a house alarm, so if she gets out alarm will make sounds, to alert you. They have systems like that. And have doors locked from inside, and only you would have keys to unlock the doors. You'll probably to have two door knobs,so no one can unlock your door from outside.
Check windows too, get alarms set on them too, that'll be additional price possible.
I hope I was able to help.
So, sorry you're going thru this, I'll pray for you.
