Senator Charles Schumer has proposed legislation that would fund voluntary tracking devices for children with autism, to address the problem of wandering.<\/p>\n
The proposed legislation is called \u201cAvonte’s law,\u201d after Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old boy with autism who was found dead after he disappeared from his school in Queens.<\/p>\n
The law would increase funding for a Department of Justice program that provides grants to police departments and other groups that allow them to supply tracking devices for people with Alzheimer’s disease. The law would allocate $10 million to expand the program to cover children with autism. The tracking device cost between $80 and $90 to purchase and a few dollars per month to operate. Interested parents would have free access to the devices, which can be sewn into clothing or worn around the wrist.<\/p>\n
Use of the devices would be the decision of the parents, and local governments would decide exactly how they would (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Senator Charles Schumer has proposed legislation that would fund voluntary tracking devices for children with autism, to address the problem of wandering. The proposed legislation is called \u201cAvonte’s law,\u201d after Avonte Oquendo, a 14-year-old boy with autism who was found…<\/span><\/p>\n