Not always, it depends on the level of support the individual needs and if there is an associated learning disability.
Very sadly in the UK recently a 14 year old autistic boy died after leaving home alone and falling into a river.
In the video footage it looked like he hit his face on the pavement when he ran off. Hopefully he burned himself, hit his head in the car and hit his face on the pavement.
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