Trying think best way that if my son gets separated .That a cm can see find out he is pretty much non verbal but can understand.but cant write either due to hi physical issue
Am planning a tag etc with name on .But wont have a phone that works in the USA
Hi. I am a CM at EPCOT and though you might like to hear advice from a CM so you can start working through your son things he might need to do to make him comfortable.
First and formost CMs are taught about this and we do our best in the situation to keep everyone calm. Unfortunately a CM can not touch a child unless the child initiates the contact first. So to help it is important to teach your son is to go up to a CM and either offer a hand to them or a hug or a tug at their costume to get their attention since he is nonverbal and then show them his information. The best thing I saw on a child during my time at EPCOT was a child who had a necklace with a little note card on it that said "I'm lost. My name is------ My parent's name is------. We are staying at ----- Resort. My parents can be reach here ------ (it had email and phone)."
It was perfect because the little boy (toddler so hardly talkative but could easily get lost) just walked up to us touched my fellow CMs hand, got our attenion, and handed us the card. We had everything we needed and he didn't have to say a word.
Tattoos on their arm or hand with the same information is great as well.
Also since your son is younger they will take him to baby care with in 5 minutes of finding him. Sometimes a CM will stay with the child where they came up to them and another will go looking for mom and dad or they will walk with the child for a quick lap of the area to find mom and dad but in your situation a good CM will take him directly to baby care and will also call over the radios to let security as well as all other CMs know about it.
As soon as you realize he is gone get to a CM. It is important to get to a CM yourself because you can give them a description and then everyone in the park will be on a look out for him. Also listen to the CM. Depending on the park there are different rules. I know you may want to run all over looking for your son but know that if you stay with the CM you alerted first it is easier to get him back to you then telling someone and dashing off. Basically what will happen is once we are alerted of a lost child or once we find a lost child we get on a radio or company phone and signal as such. At that point security is made aware and they watch the parks as well as entrances and exits. Also every CM in the area is notified so that they know what child or adult they are looking for. So it is best you stay with CM you first come in contact with so that when this trail of people is looking for your son they know where you are or who you are with.
Never Never Never go to a custodial cm though. I hate saying that but most custodial cast members although they are great cast members barely speak English or they are some of our awesome disable cast members who don't always have the ability to understand what you are asking for. I only say this because I've watched a lot of them act clueless when a lost child is taken to them.
Another great bit of advice I've heard is take a picture of him in the morning on your digital camera. That way if he gets lost you can show a picture to the CMs you tell so that they know exactly what little kid they are looking for and in the stressful situation you don't have to think about what he wore that day.
At the end of the day the most important thing to teach him is that people with the Disney name badge are safe and he can trust them. If he knows that then if all else fails he will get to a CM who will take him to baby care and you can get him there with in minutes of losing him by just going to any CM and telling them he is lost.
Sorry if this is a lot of information I just like to give as much information from a CMs view on this subject because it happens a lot and I always want parents to be over prepared then their kids get lost and they have no clue what to do.