A Guide to Safety from the Organization for Autism Research
A Guide to Safety was written by parents, first responders, educators, and community members who share their strategies and resources to address safety threats that commonly arise during childhood, adolescence, and adulthood. This tool will educate parents about how to prevent and mitigate emergency events, safety threats that may affect their child in the future, and how to teach safety habits that will build a foundation for safety in adulthood.

The Autism Wandering Awareness Alerts Response and Education Collaboration
AWAARE is a working group of six national non-profit autism organizations whose mission is to prevent autism-related wandering incidents and deaths.

Autism Risk and Safety Management
This website provides information and resources for law enforcement, first responders, parents, educators and care providers.

Autism Spectrum Disorders from A to Z
This website provides links to books, resources and information about Autism Spectrum Disorders. There are also articles and speaking dates by the authors.

AngelSense
Angel Sense keeps children with special needs safe and well cared-for with a GPS and voice monitoring solution based on smart analytics. The AngelSense customer care team members are all parents to children with special needs who are active users of the product.

BE SAFE The Movie (BSTM)
BE SAFE The Movie uses video modeling to show teens and adults with ASD how to interact safely with the police. Actors on the spectrum and real police and teach viewers what to do in different police encounters, ranging from a casual meeting to an arrest.

BE SAFE Teaching Edition (BSTE)
BSTE is an evidence-based teaching tool that includes BE SAFE The Movie plus a 300-page companion curriculum. Teachers and parents can use the curriculum to help diverse learners master the essential safety skills shown in Be Safe The Movie.

Big Red Safety Tool Kit from the National Autism Association
Preventing ASD Wandering.

Care Trak Systems
Caretrak aims to protect children with special needs with home monitoring systems and tracking units. These are used by hundreds of parents across the country and abroad. Their devices alert parents when their child leaves a certain area and the tracking unit can find a child within a mile radius.

ChildIDcode
The National Autism Association has partnered with childIDcode on this important safety item for kids prone to wandering and elopement.  It is vital that our children – especially those who are non-verbal – have some sort of identification should they become lost. These waterproof stickers are custom-printed with a QR code.  When the code is scanned with a smartphone it will display, “I Have Autism” along with the emergency contact number that you specify. This information can still be decoded in the absence of a cell signal or WiFi.

Disability, Abuse & Personal Rights Project  (Coming Soon)
This website is dedicated to the personal rights of children and adults with disabilities, with a mission to prevent abuse of these individuals.

Inclusive Preparedness Center
The Inclusive Preparedness Center works to ensure that all individuals are included in the development and implementation of plans for protection from natural and man-made emergencies.

KidPower: Personal Safety Skills for People With Disabilities and Other Difficult Life Challenges
People with disabilities or other special needs are much more likely to face bullying, abuse, or assault. We’ve been successful in teaching self-protection skills to thousands of people with difficult life challenges such as: developmental delays; loss of vision, hearing, or mobility; prejudice; or personal struggles with domestic violence, homelessness, substance abuse, or being a survivor of childhood sexual abuse.

National Autism Association’s Big Red Safety Store
Products in the NAA’s Little Shop of Hope include Window Clings, Stop Sign Visual Aids, Safety Alert Cards, Wristbands, Tattoos, Door/Window Alarms, Shoe ID Cards, and more!

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children
NCMEC’s mission is to help prevent child abduction and sexual exploitation, help find missing children and assist victims of child abduction and sexual exploitation, their families, and the professionals who serve them.

Natural Disaster Safety Tips
Tips and guides from ADT broken down into disaster-specific sections: Hurricane, Tornado, Earthquake, Flood and Wildfire.

Project Lifesaver
Project Lifesaver’s primary mission is to locate and rescue missing persons. They have established many partnerships with local law enforcement to help save money and time for taxpayers. They also have many partnerships that help to strengthen the awareness and provide information about their technologies and services.

SafeKids USA
Safe Kids and the MetLife Foundation have partnered to bring you a series of safety videos highlighting how you can take precautions in the home to help prevent injuries to children with physical, developmental or cognitive disabilities.

Safety at Home and School for Kids
Information and resources on keeping your child safe at home and school on topics including Stranger Danger, Preventing Bullying, Outdoor Safety and more.

Safety Kids, Inc.
Safety Kids, Inc. strives to create safety awareness in children through non-fearful, age appropriate curriculum. We provide services specific to the needs of each link in the support chain: law enforcement supervisors, health care providers, classroom teachers, prospective trainees, parents, and most importantly, children.

Safewise National Home Security and Crime Prevention Center
Get all the most important U.S. crime and safety resources in one place.

State Protection and Advocacy Agencies for Persons with Developmental Disabilities, Mental Illness, and the Client Assistance Program
A list of the contact information for each state’s Protection and Advocacy Agencies.