What are they going to do, inject them with chips?

Why spend money on a chip? Just give 'em a cell phone with Angry Birds and Google Maps and let the government track them.

http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/nsa-apps-smartphones-leaky/2014/01/28/id/549485

I could have been diagnosed with autism when I was four years old. I'd sure hate to think that the first thing they would have done is stick a device or chip on me to make certain I wasn't going to wind up dead somewhere (or just make it easier to find my body in the bottom of a creek). Regardless of any possible diagnosis, my parents knew full well to always know where I was at any given time.

Once this is accomplished it will be easier to make everyone receive a chip implant - and then allow exceptions for special cases.

Senator Feinstein, for instance, or TSA security guards.

I liked that dog tracker- my pooch falls in love with every stranger he meets and follows them around, and if another stranger passes by well he just decides to follow that person and so on. Though with kids he will follow them but then they want to play and since that means exercise he sure as hell ain't having any of that--so he just begins to roll on the concrete stubbornly refusing to engage them. That's when the kids return him to me with disappointed eyes. They like him because he is curious looking but dislike him because he is not particularly playful like my previous dog.

However he does love playing kitchen with the girls but that's because they spoon feed him kibbles dipped in warm water.

I suggest we install the tracking device on Sen. Schumer and see what happens.

I'm surprised parents aren't already microchipping their children out of stranger-danger fear. But Conan might have a point about that - maybe giving them phones with gps has been enough to soothe the day to day concerns.

I'm hoping the prices come down so that we can insert several gps tracking chips into the coats and shoes of a family
member who has Alzheimer's. He hasn't wandered yet, but if it comes to that, I don't want the first time he wanders to be the last time we see him.

I had a long time family friend drive on the wrong way in traffic multiple times.

Alzheimer's is scary as hell especially when they get violent or sexually frustrated or don't sleep at all.

The local NY TV news has had several stories about Avonte and this proposed law.

One story, however, had a simple fix. Although it would not be ideal for everyone or every situation.

One family, whose son was also autistic and had wandered off a couple of times, tied a name/info tag into his sneaker lace. The father claimed that this did help at least once where a woman saw that the kid looked lost and called the police. Because of the name/info tag tied into his shoelace they were able to help him get back home much quicker.

Sometimes, a simple low-tech solution is available - without having the taxpayer foot the bill!

Ppen - yikes. We're lucky in that he handed over his car keys after an unrelated medical incident.

Alz runs in the family, and he had put a lot of thought into how to be responsible for what choices could be his to make as circumstances unfolded. He also spoke regularly with family in plain terms about likely concerns and practical responses.

We've been spared violence, but not the meltdowns. He set aside money for his care, which is also hugely helpful, and has also shown me that no amount of money would be enough to make Alz not an emotionally draining, time consuming, attention demanding problem for anyone who wants to remain connected to and attempt to be a reassuring presence for someone with this condition.

Back to this law. Gross political pandering around an issue that is ripe for free market entrepreneurial solutions, especially with so many Baby Boomers qualifying for AARP membership.

I wish politicians would act more as liaisons, connecting people wih problems to people who could work with them to innovate free market solutions.

The law is undoubtedly unnecessary. But it expands the federal government, and it gets Schmuckie Schumer in front of the cameras once again. That's a win-win for him!

The most dangerous place in the world is between a mother and her children. The second most dangerous place is between Schmuckie Schumer and the TV cameras.

The spirit of resistance to government is so valuable on certain occasions, that I wish it always to be kept alive. -- Thomas Jefferson