Un supervised play fot ASD kids

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what is the right age to let let an ASD child to play out un supervised?

We live in a quiet street with families with normal kids (who are quite boisterous) at the end if our small street is a very fast main road populated with large articulated lorrys

I want to try to keep my little man safe but he doesn't get danger

Another problem that we have is that he does not get 'steanger danger ' he will go off with anyone given half the chance

Help / advice welcome

Hey Inuit:

Do you live in Barrow, or thereabouts?

As for the "age," I would say you have to look for "readiness," such as the ability to control one's emotions to the point where they don't hit other kids for seemingly trivial reasons.

It depends on how they function. Low-functioning kids should always be supervised-this is why you see all these news reports about kids on the spectrum going missing. As for high-functioning kids, I guess they shouldn't be supervised starting at age ten.

Thanks for the feedback. I guess whats also - to lesser degree - concerning me (is parents in his school year a thinking we are freaks who have to keep (my son) in doors.

Maybe i'm too paranoid

I would think that the actual nature of your son's specific needs are much more important than what the neighbors think.

Statistically the neighbors are likely to think all sorts of spiritual, social and religious nonsense. Some of them will be thoughtless and some of them so full of narrowly focused hatreds they can barely engage in coherent thought at all. The wise and compassionate ones will deal with you and your family with humanity and respect. The others will follow their nature and habits. Forget them and do what you need to do.

You might be interested in the Parents' board. There are a lot of thoughtful people there who draw on and share rich experience.

I don't think age is as much of an issue as how safe it is. I'm almost 15 and it's still not safe to let me be outdoors without supervision. I have very poor awareness of my extended surrounding. While I tend to take in a great amount of detail of what's in my immediate line of vision, there is the possibility of me getting lost or stepping out into traffic etc. Also if I get a sensory overload meltdown outdoors by myself, there is no one to help me. Stuff like that, that doesn't apply to my age.

yeah