Built for the National Autism Safety Council.
Live at: https://autismsafetycouncil.github.io/alert-generator/
Standard missing child alerts don't account for how autistic children behave when lost. This tool generates alerts based on NASC's SafeSearch for Autism protocol, which directs responders to:
- Search water first — drowning is the leading cause of death in autism elopement
- Check hiding spots — autistic children often hide from rescuers rather than approach them
- Note NON-SPEAKING — so responders know verbal commands won't work
The alert template fits within the 360-character Enhanced WEA limit.
Plain HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. No build step, no dependencies.
index.html— page structure and form inputsstyle.css— layout and stylesscript.js— template engine, live preview, copy logic
To change the alert wording, edit buildAlert() in script.js.
The site logs page_view and alert_copied events to a Google Sheet via a
Google Apps Script web app (analytics.js). Only event metadata is recorded —
template id, character count, over-limit/edited flags, and a random
per-page-load session id. Form field contents (names, locations) are never
transmitted, no cookies or storage are used, and Apps Script does not
expose visitor IP addresses.