Brian Shrader

Yeah. Any opportunity to help out?

Yeah. Any opportunity to help out?

Yeah. Any opportunity to help out?

Sure. I've been doing criminal law since 2008. Started out as a prosecutor, including a short stint in the mental health diversion program that everyone had to go through as kind of part of the promotion chain, and then left the state attorney's office to do criminal defense work and a few other areas of law.

Sure. I've been doing criminal law since 2008. Started out as a prosecutor, including a short stint in the mental health diversion program that everyone had to go through as kind of part of the promotion chain, and then left the state attorney's office to do criminal defense work and a few other areas of law.

Sure. I've been doing criminal law since 2008. Started out as a prosecutor, including a short stint in the mental health diversion program that everyone had to go through as kind of part of the promotion chain, and then left the state attorney's office to do criminal defense work and a few other areas of law.

As part of criminal defense work, it's inevitable that we're going to encounter a lot of different mental health issues. Substantial amount are related to drug addiction, either mental health issues caused by drug addiction or mental health issues that lead to drug addiction.

As part of criminal defense work, it's inevitable that we're going to encounter a lot of different mental health issues. Substantial amount are related to drug addiction, either mental health issues caused by drug addiction or mental health issues that lead to drug addiction.

As part of criminal defense work, it's inevitable that we're going to encounter a lot of different mental health issues. Substantial amount are related to drug addiction, either mental health issues caused by drug addiction or mental health issues that lead to drug addiction.

But we also see people, and I can't sit here and say that it's always been referred to by its name, is autism or any other type of neurodivergent or what some people refer to as neurodivergent situations.

But we also see people, and I can't sit here and say that it's always been referred to by its name, is autism or any other type of neurodivergent or what some people refer to as neurodivergent situations.

But we also see people, and I can't sit here and say that it's always been referred to by its name, is autism or any other type of neurodivergent or what some people refer to as neurodivergent situations.

It's not always called by its name, but what we see and where I think I've seen autism, it's specifically in the criminal justice system the most, is mostly with dealing with escalating and de-escalating situations. I have not seen a lot of situations where I can say my autism caused me to commit a theft. That's not necessarily something we're going to see.

It's not always called by its name, but what we see and where I think I've seen autism, it's specifically in the criminal justice system the most, is mostly with dealing with escalating and de-escalating situations. I have not seen a lot of situations where I can say my autism caused me to commit a theft. That's not necessarily something we're going to see.

It's not always called by its name, but what we see and where I think I've seen autism, it's specifically in the criminal justice system the most, is mostly with dealing with escalating and de-escalating situations. I have not seen a lot of situations where I can say my autism caused me to commit a theft. That's not necessarily something we're going to see.

But what we will see is someone who commits a theft is then confronted by law enforcement, taken into a small room. There's four or five people trying to interrogate them. And the situation will escalate into something else or law enforcement will go to arrest someone. grab ahold of them, try and manipulate their body.

But what we will see is someone who commits a theft is then confronted by law enforcement, taken into a small room. There's four or five people trying to interrogate them. And the situation will escalate into something else or law enforcement will go to arrest someone. grab ahold of them, try and manipulate their body.

But what we will see is someone who commits a theft is then confronted by law enforcement, taken into a small room. There's four or five people trying to interrogate them. And the situation will escalate into something else or law enforcement will go to arrest someone. grab ahold of them, try and manipulate their body.

And we see them resist, tense up, start to have a very strong emotional, physical reaction to it. And we see those things certainly escalate the situation instead of someone who perhaps was not on the autism spectrum, who was caught doing something as basic as a petty theft from Walmart. They may be able to talk their way out of it a little better.

And we see them resist, tense up, start to have a very strong emotional, physical reaction to it. And we see those things certainly escalate the situation instead of someone who perhaps was not on the autism spectrum, who was caught doing something as basic as a petty theft from Walmart. They may be able to talk their way out of it a little better.