Dispatcher creating comfort kits for children with autism elisfkc2 / Flickr / CC BY-SA 2.0 CANNON COUNTY, Tennessee (WSMV) — It’s the sign of an emergency: Loud sirens and flashing lights — but these scenes can be overwhelming for a child with autism. “Sometimes you don’t even know until the responders arrives on scene, but sometimes we will be told by the caller that there is a someone on scene who is autistic,” said Hannah Herron, Cannon County 911 dispatcher. Herron says receiving calls related to children with autism inspired her to provide a sense of comfort beyond the telephone. ”I heard a lot about these different items you can use in emergency situations and I realized our county didn’t have anything like that,” Herron said.