Could have been me
On July 24th, Dainell Simmons had a meltdown. He lived at a group home, an innocent-looking little institution that pretended to be a normal house. Staff called the police. The police killed Dainell
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Yeah I've gotten a lot of crap, the 72 hour holds, the bills afterward that get lost crippling my credit score, the police harassment when I'm coming home from work having a meltdown and had a bad day, etc. - but as a 5'0" light skinned female same here, I am viewed as less of a threat.
Right now what keeps many people a little safer is carrying a card in our pockets that says we have autism and what autism is. But there needs to be sooo much more education on autism and allied disorders especially among cops and whatnot. This guy is from near my old neighborhood too which is really scary.
Kudos to you for posting this and keep educating the public.
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I was able to stop the crap.
What will happen when I'm not around? how many, many, many will have to die before this stops? Damn.
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You can trace the history of the US Civil Rights movement, or the gay rights movement, and see steady progress over the years. Each generation has had more equality than the one before. They follow roughly the same course--steady improvement, more acceptance by the general public, less shame at being identified as a member of the group, more outrage when someone in a minority group is hurt. Disability rights is a newer movement, but the same sort of course of history is being followed.
By the time you're not around, things will probably have gotten so much better for disabled people that you won't have to worry nearly as much about leaving your son behind.
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