Almost half of children with autism in a new study had run away at least once - and many of them were missing long enough to cause concern, according to the journal “Pediatrics.”
Researchers found that kids most often wandered off from their home, school or a store, and some tried to run away multiple times a day.
Runaway attempts peaked at five-and-a-half years old and were more common with more severe cases of autism.
At least half of the parents whose children ran off said they had no guidance on how to deal with the situations.
