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Direct linkHarry Grindle; Kari A. Sassu; Joseph M. Dooley; Eileen B. Farmer; Fred R. Volkmar – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2025
A product of ASD socio-communicative-deficits and insufficient police training related to autism, ASD-police interactions have the potential to become problematic, with negative outcomes for ASD individuals and police alike. Thus, the combination of police acclimation, simulatory experience for drivers with ASD and the introduction of…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Police, Police Community Relationship, Communication Skills
Kyle Lane-McKinley; Justin Hogg; Lawrence K. Fung – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2024
Ryan Gainer, a 15-year-old African-American youth on the Autism-spectrum, was shot and killed by police officers in March 2024. The authors reflect on the tragedy of this incident and the harms that such police actions inflict on people living with disabilities and/or mental illnesses, as well as on their families, loved ones, and communities.…
Descriptors: Violence, Weapons, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Adolescents
