Maryland bill aims to protect people with dementia, autism who wander off

A lost child can lead to panic for parents. That unfortunate thought morphed into reality for Shari Bailey and her family five years ago. “It still gets me tense just thinking about it,” she said. It was that day the Bailey family discovered what autism and dementia elopement is. Elopement occurs when a child with autism or an individual with dementia wanders away from a place, activity or person. Bailey’s daughter, Laila, lives with a rare...