Autistic teen tracked by GPS device
An Edmonton-area family is using a global positioning system device to track a severely autistic son and keep him safe.
Gail and Gordon Wyatt's son Ian, 17, has wandered away from the family home in Sherwood Park, east of Edmonton, many times since he was a young child, which has occasionally put him in perilous situations.
The family once found him on the side of a busy highway. In another case, Ian wandered away in minus 30C weather without shoes or a shirt. "He goes through periods where he is quite predictable. He might return to the same house. So we will always start there. But as things become more random, sometimes, it's really hard to know what direction to even start looking for him," Gail Wyatt said.
