I would not hesitate to register my daughter. I think the more information first responders have, the better, and especially if my daughter is involved, and I'm not available.

YES IF SOMEONE COMES TO EVEN THE DOOR THE GOLDEN RETRIEVER IS RIGHT THERE AS WELL AS IF MY SON GOES RUNNING TO THE DOOR THE DOG GETS THERE FIRST ALMOST LIKE HE KNOWS HE WOULD TRY TO OPEN THE DOOR THE DOG BLOCKS THE DOOR. HES REALLY SMART AND WAS NEVER TRAINED EITHER.

It is very important to do this. My son once got upset with his sister and ran off. We lived out by a lake with lots of wooded areas. I was at work when he ran off. I was very lucky to have a lot of friends in the community that helped me look for him. Because of his age, most law enforcement agencies won't look for "runaways". I got lucky that he got scared by some noises in the woods and headed back home. One of my friends spotted him and brought him back to me. Our outside dog had followed him as well, protecting him from danger. My son didn't understand the consequences of his actions, had no true fear of things for the most part. Very scary knowing these kids can just walk out of your life and not know what they are doing is dangerous.

Sally I guess It depends on how autistic your son is, our daughter wanders off and has no concern for her saftey/ or rights not to be prosecuted as bad parents... it probably depends on the childs severity/ needs to be protected, I also understand your distrust off law enforcement, I've had to move relocate, my brothers a cop he doesn't understand, his friends punished me because it might look bad, for my brother...but some police departments / area's are more understanding, and also sounds like your son maybe higher functioning than my daughter, so ya alot of police depts are more understanding, but I think in some counties throughout this country they'd rather drive you out... bad economy, maybe political/ economic political? shop around if you can, our city oak island, nc seems very understanding so far...but not alot of jobs here maybe they don't wanna drive away people who have money???, but it is close to Wilmington and Myrtle Beach... Best of luck and if you need a real-estate agent who has experience with Autism, let me know, I know about behaviors and life being how it is, understand some of it at least...good luck to ya'll...I'm trying to get through school to get my license right now, but I can refer you to some good people, until I get my license, god bless!

from my experience register with local police dept or talk to whoever's in charge they might at least be more understanding or know more where to bring your kid if he or she runs away alot... also they freak out at parents if they don't know the situation, or understand your childs behavior (learned this the hardway) at least they realized what was going on before anyone got carried away...