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My son gets up in the night how can I be alerted he is active I am deaf and don't wear aids at night?
Posted in Get support > Sleep Posted 5 months ago Asked by Tinkerbell
My son has autism and is cause mass destruction. I have recently lost a big percentage of my hearing and I don't know he is roaming free what can I do?
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Hi Tinkerbell,
I've found one suggestion from a friend-
Are they able to apply for a 'safe space'? at least with one of this if he does wake then he will remain safely in his room. Other than that i can only thing of those window alarms you can get cheeply. If there is any way of adapting it to vibrate as opposed to sounding when he opens the bedroom door. Remap might be a place worth contacting to see if they can come up with any ideas.
Hope this is of some help, but if I come across anything else I'll let you know.
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Posted by Dory Posted 5 months ago
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Hi Tinkerbell. I've asked around and these are a few of the answers that parents have come up with:
Can she have a hearing dog ? Or an alarm device with a flashing light? So the light flashes on detection of
Movement? Maybe re-map can help.What about a motion sensor light, do you have your bedroom door open at night so the light would wake you.
I was gonna suggest remap, maybe they can adapt an alarm so it vibrates?
Could your ot look into making his bedroom into a safe space room so if he is awake in his room at least u know he s safe. Also the vibrating alarm, if possible sounds like a great idea. Although if he moves around a lot u could end up with little sleep!
There is an electronic device you can get that goes under your pillow that vibrates to wake you when the parameters set are activated. I don't know who would provide this but would start by asking social services/if you have a social worker. Am back at work on Wednesday will try to find out name for you.
I hope they give you some ideas- if anyone else gets back to me I will repost on here.
Best wishes.
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