Lonnie has free rein to play outside in our backyard. It is fenced in and secure, so she is in and out all the time when the weather is nice. Yesterday she had been outside for about 15 minutes when my husband went out to check on her. She was standing by the wall between our yard and our neighbor's to the west and appeared to be distressed. When he got closer, he saw that she had gotten her hand caught in a hole in the wall and she didn't know how to react. Of course he got her free promptly and we talked with her about not putting her hand through the fence again. She had been trying to pet the neighbor's dog.
This is another reminder to never get too complacent about an autistic child's safety - because the inability to recognize potential danger seems to be a fairly common issue.
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