Autism and LEOs now w contact info for LEO departments

[LACamper]

In case any LEO's want to attend... the national autism society has a convention in NO this weekend at the Mariott. One of the sessions early tomorrow at 8:30 am is about interactions between LEO and the autistic. Wish I had found it earlier...

I'd love to see some of our LEO's take an interest in this.



Details:

#8954 Studio 4
The Wallet Card: A Way to Safely Disclose Your
Disability to Law Enforcement
This presentation will teach how to interact successfully
with police. Applicable laws are explained using both
concrete examples and hypothetical scenarios. Suggestions
regarding how to safely and effectively disclose a diagnosis
of ASD using our wallet card will be included. The seminar
will end with a question and answer period.
Diane Adreon, Ed.D., Associate Director, UM-NSU Center
for Autism & Related Disabilities, Coral Gables, FL, Bart
Barta, Lieutenant, Special Investigations Section, Coral
Gables Police Department, Coral Gables, FL and Matthew
Dietz, Litigation Director, Disability Independence Group,
Miami, FL
Content Area: Self-Determination and Independence
Track: Lifespan 4 - Adulthood

 

[MOTOR51]

Autism and LEOs

Is this something they do On a regular bases or is this just a one day thing?


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[Grandpa]

I wish all you law enforcement people would take this also. I have a grandson that is profoundly autistic. He cannot speak in an understandable language. I wouldn't want some LEO to see his behavior as non-cooperative and result in his being treated harshly. He is a tender loving child that has little control over his occasional meltdowns. Puberty is just around the corner. Normal teenagers have trouble enough keeping control over their emotions.

 

[LACamper]

It was a very interesting seminar. There's a nonprofit out of Coral Gables that offers a wallet card to autistic young adults that explains the symptoms they have (reaction to flashing lights, difficulty answering directed questons, flapping hands... any of these of interest to a LEO???) as well as training for them on how and when to present the card.
The other half of what they do is free training for LEO's in handling people on the autistic spectrum.


http://www.justdigit.org/contact-us/

LEO departments please email them for access to the LEO video and info.
http://www.justdigit.org/wallet-card-project/

 

[paddle007]

News story out of Florida. The caretaker was shot trying to get the 27 yr old autistic to comply. We can all learn something from this. Sad!
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/po...-street/ar-BBuAG4C?li=BBmkt5R&ocid=spartandhp

 

[340six]

I am sure it is a very sticky deal. The cops do not know what is going on when they get there. And the guy was also probably having a hard time to get the other to comply.
So is the card you were talking about for a LEO or for a person with a disability to inform a LEO when interacting?

 

[paddle007]

Both. I'm hesitant to pick sides. Especially when so little info is available. I like to learn from others experiences. I'm not LEO but it is possible I could be with someone with challenges. My wife is a private tutor but none of her students have been as challenged as the FL guy with autism.
The original post caught my attention then shortly after the workshop,this popped up in the news. Brings it around full circle.

Update. Saturday PM. Now I read the officer was aiming for the autistic guy because he thought it was a gun in his hand. See how wacky this can get.

 

[Rainsdrops]

Sadly it was a toy truck not a firearm