Is this abuse?

I’m just seeing if CVS came and seen a lock on their door they would say something what I would do is I would get a security system. It’s about 150 a month where I’m at and it tells me what is open if the door opens and tells me if a window opens, it tells me which one that is what I would do. Could you get one of those lacks that go on top of the door like all the way at the top? I just don’t want someone to call CPS on you and Cps come there and they take your kids. I’ll be honest it’s the worst feeling in the world. And that alarm system, I’m telling you about it’s from infinity and I’m telling you girl I don’t care how strong of a sleeper you are that wake you up keep it on the side of your bed. It is loud. We have to keep it a few rooms down because it’s so loud.

I have a friend who went through this. Her son was extremely physically advanced from the beginning. One night she found him on top of their refrigerator in the middle of the night 🫠 even with baby gates etc. She ended up having to do this. As long as their needs are being met, you’re not doing it as punishment, etc, I don’t see the issue but I don’t know what it entails as far as the law goes.

You need alarms. You can get a multi pack so you have enough for your doors and any accessible windows. I got some when we moved onto a busy street. You could even alarm your child's bedroom door instead of locking it. The alarms are loud, so after a few times your child will likely stop trying to open the door since they can't be sneaky about it anymore.

I have no experience but have randomly come across videos of parents of autistic children on tiktok and you arent the only one who has to resort to such a precaution. I would look up some videos as parents are pretty creative and share their experience and what works for them

I have never allowed my kids to sleep in an unlocked room without me until they could pass a fire alarm drill, weren’t afraid of firefighters in full gear & didn’t elope anymore. Now for me personally, I was able to accomplish this with a doorknob cover, well placed duct tape on said cover, a door alarm & baby monitor & on my front door we have a chain at the very top of the door, high sliding door stops & an alarm that’s notifies us for human activity on our outdoor security system. We’re a ND family & have a pond & swimming pool, no way we’re not going to take extra precautions, especially our youngest who was like this much longer, he’s just now past it at 4.5y, but he also went wild when smoke alarms came on & had some major stranger danger issues at the fire department, the idea of him hiding from a firefighter while our house is burning down terrifies us, especially since it’s not that uncommon & why so many young kids don’t make it out, they can’t be found.

I don’t personally have an issue with it but not sure why CPS would ever get involved. That said you could always try one of these style locks on the doors that lead outside or other rooms you don’t want them to get into?

My husband is a cop so I just asked him
He said that CPS has specific locks that are acceptable
So what you could do is contacting CPS and ask them how to prevent it and keep the child safe. If police found your child that is what they would do

We have these alarms from Amazon, super cheap. We keep the “ding dong” on low every time the door opens, but there’s a loud option and an alarm option (that keeps going) and it’s LOUD. Like it scared the heck out of me and I was outside when my husband accidentally switched it on. I can’t imagine that not waking someone up in a panic!

I personally think this is completely fine I have a lock on my daughters door and I talked to her dr about it and she said its fine I also had children services in my house (I was having a kid placed with me) and they said nothing about the lock of her door I also know someone whos 10 year old is deep on the spectrum she has locks on his door and window and cps didnt care because its for his safety