What Would Be The Real Use Of a GPS-Enabled Child-Tracking Device?

As described here. It strikes me as overkill for normal kids, but it could be just the ticket for parents of autistic children and other kids with special challenges.

Comments

[feather]

Devices like this are already being used for autistic kids and kids with other diabilities and cognitively disabled adults. Particularly if they are elopers.

[Tom McMahon]

Thanks for the info. It seems like the article could have mentioned this use of the devices.

[kevin whited]

I went up to Missouri's Ozarks for some backpacking last year, and a retarded man had actually wandered off into the woods while his caregiver was... doing something. *shrug* Poor guy had been lost in the woods overnight when I got to the place. Luckily, the search teams found him and he was fine (scared), but I can't help but think this would have been VERY useful.