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Originally Posted by violaine
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Originally Posted by cybersuebee
This is a story similar to Violaine's: an eighteen year old autistic boy was picked up by the police and held in jail because they thought he was drunk. I think his real offense was "walking while autistic".
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Belle and Sue -
Thank you both for posting these stories. I think that awareness training for our emergency responders and our law enforcement agencies is needed more than ever and I am encouraged at the number of agencies taking steps to do so.
There has recently been a new awareness site launched.
http://awaare.org/
There are forms that you can print out and complete and take to your local law enforcement/emergency response agencies to make them aware of family members and their challenges. I have them on my desk to complete and take to our local sheriff's office and to drop off at the volunteer fire dept down the street. Even as functional as Bratboy is, I worry about how he might react during an emergency situation and this might be a way to prevent something unfortunate.