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Autism requires that police 'think outside the box'
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Seminars teach law enforcers how to diffuse tense situations. - "It's
important they understand how to approach (people with autism)," Murphy
said. The seminar, hosted by the Macomb Intermediate School District and
the Law Enforcement Awareness Network, featured Dennis Debbaudt, a former
Detroit News reporter and father of a 21-year-old son with autism.
Debbaudt has written several books and articles on the subject, and he
brought his experience and expertise to Macomb County on Monday. "When you
hear autism is involved, you have to think outside the box a little bit,"
Debbaudt told his audience," by Frank DeFrank |
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Beyond Guilt or Innocence
about youth with autism spectrum
conditions and their contacts with the juvenile justice system--a journal
article for the 2004 spring issue of
Leadership Perspectives in Developmental Disability by Dennis Debbaudt.
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Caretakers, Officers Held Liable in Death
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County Plans To Put Autistic
Kids On Emergency Registry -
Police Officers, Firefighters
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Dealing with autism: Area police departments develop profiles for for
special needs residents - A police officer's harrowing rescue last week
of Jack Glidden, a 7-year-old autistic child who ended up on the roof of his
family's home in his underwear, was a good lesson for everyone involved.
Autistic children don't process information the same way as other kids, and
that can sometimes create problems during tense situations. Had police come
roaring to Old Cart Path last week with sirens on, Jack might have gotten
spooked, by D. Craig MacCormack |
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EMERGENCY ALERT WINDOW
DECALS |
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EMERGENCY RESPONSE INFO FOR INDIVIDUALS WITH ASD
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Experts: Cops too often
lack training on mental
illness Death of man
shot by deputies in
Morgan County reflects
larger problem, mental
health officials say by
John O'Neill and Tammy
Webber |
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Good People
Behaving Badly / Bad Behavior No Matter What - The following post is a
modified, later edited version of a response first sent to a listserv
specializing in adult Asperger Syndrome issues. It was sparked by a lively
discussion concerning AS adults caught in criminal entanglements, and the
rush to their defense of some individuals in the disability support
community by Roger N. Meyer |
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Law enfocement officials test Project Lifesaver equipment - A helicopter
hovered over the area surrounding Maysville Community and Technical College
as Mason County sheriff department squad cars circled the vicinity Wednesday
morning. "The search has officially started at this time," came a
voice from the radio frequency inside Sheriff Tony Wenz's patrol vehicle.
It was 10:49 a.m., and members of the Mason County sheriff's office were
searching for a lost person; a scenario created to simulate the actions of a
wandering Alzheimer's patient. The sheriff's department was testing the new
Project Lifesaver program, which helps law enforcement officials track
individuals with Alzheimer's disease who are lost. Project Lifesaver is a
rapid response program designed to aid victims and families of Alzheimer's
disease and other disorders such as Down Syndrome and autism, according to
the Project Lifesaver Web site. By Kasey Doyle |
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Lessons learned from ordeal / Family, police review actions in search for
teen - "So when police cars and canine units searched for him after he
vanished Aug. 24, he panicked and came running home with blood streaming
out of cuts he got in the woods outside his Myrtle Street home in Millis.
Two days later, he left again, but this time he went much farther,
triggering a four-day search involving about 600 people. Ultimately,
rescue workers walking on a gravel road in Norfolk found Andrew Monday
night, laying on his back behind a stone wall," by Emma Stickgold |
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Mother, police officer lauded
for nonverbal card program |
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Police:
Autism ward workers should stand trial for abuse - Police are expected
to recommend that 11 staff members of the Eitanim Mental Hospital in
Jerusalem stand trial on charges of abusing patients in the hospital's now
closed autism ward by Jonathan Lis and Ran Reznik, Haaretz Correspondents |
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Police to collect info
on special needs kids:
Officials: Program will
help find handicapped
children who are lost
by By Cathy Flynn |
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Police learn about people who have autism by Ben Bagwall
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Police up to challenge:
Develop profiles for
special needs residents
- Police officer's harrowing rescue earlier this month of Jack Glidden, a
7-year-old autistic child who ended up on the roof of his family's home in
his underwear, was a good lesson for everyone involved. Autistic children
don't process information the same way as other kids, and that can sometimes
create problems during tense situations. Had police come roaring to Old Cart
Path last week with sirens on, Jack might have gotten spooked. But in other
cases, the sounds of police cars and colorful lights could be enough to
attract a youngster's attention and make things easier to deal with. Such is
life when dealing with autism, experts say, by By D. Craig MacCormack |
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Prison for doctor who faked jab test results
-A Doctor who provided separate measles, mumps and rubella jabs has been
jailed for nine months after faking test results about their effectiveness.
As reported in later editions of yesterday's Yorkshire Evening Post, Dr
David Pugh, 55, was jailed by a judge at Cambridge Crown Court after
admitting forging four results at the clinic he ran near Borehamwood, Herts,
in February 2003. Pugh also ran a private clinic in Sheffield which
attracted parents from West Yorkshire worried about a possible link between
autism and the controversial combined MMR jab. The court heard thousands of
families paid £70 for separate innoculations at his Elstree Aerodrome
clinic. Pugh, from Hoddesdon, Herts, was very successful but after a
newspaper report that the innoculations might not be effective, parents
flooded the clinic with calls, by Katie Baldwin |
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Report finds / The sheriff's office responds after the family says
missteps prevented quick rescue of the girl - The Clark County
Sheriff's Office has acknowledged that a member of the department committed
a "violation of departmental policy" during the investigation of a
14-year-old girl's disappearance in August 2004. The girl was later
found in Fircrest, west of Tacoma, in a bedroom of a condominium owned by
47-year-old Scott S. Sadler, who is being held in Pierce County Jail. Sadler
is charged with third-degree child rape, kidnapping, sexual exploitation of
a minor and possession of depictions of minors engaged in sexual acts. His
trial is scheduled for Oct. 25. By Foster Church |
