Doug Passon
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and oh that probably doesn't matter anyway because they don't know what they don't know and i don't know how you combat that other than educate which is what you're doing again which is why i'm so grateful to be here and just hoping that a lawyer no matter how far you've gone in practice you still know that you always have something to learn that's just called life exactly
and oh that probably doesn't matter anyway because they don't know what they don't know and i don't know how you combat that other than educate which is what you're doing again which is why i'm so grateful to be here and just hoping that a lawyer no matter how far you've gone in practice you still know that you always have something to learn that's just called life exactly
and oh that probably doesn't matter anyway because they don't know what they don't know and i don't know how you combat that other than educate which is what you're doing again which is why i'm so grateful to be here and just hoping that a lawyer no matter how far you've gone in practice you still know that you always have something to learn that's just called life exactly
There's a lot to unpack. If I can speak to how I support the family, here's the interesting thing. I think more often than not, clients are coming to me and they're not diagnosed. They don't know. They've had these problems. They've struggled their whole life.
There's a lot to unpack. If I can speak to how I support the family, here's the interesting thing. I think more often than not, clients are coming to me and they're not diagnosed. They don't know. They've had these problems. They've struggled their whole life.
There's a lot to unpack. If I can speak to how I support the family, here's the interesting thing. I think more often than not, clients are coming to me and they're not diagnosed. They don't know. They've had these problems. They've struggled their whole life.
And they've always just thought, I'm weird, there's something wrong with me, I'm whatever, I'm this, I'm that, and it's a horrible, lonely way to go through life. And the sad irony is this tragic occurrence of finding themselves ensnared in the criminal justice system is the first time they truly begin to understand what their struggles really are, and that there's a real diagnosis.
And they've always just thought, I'm weird, there's something wrong with me, I'm whatever, I'm this, I'm that, and it's a horrible, lonely way to go through life. And the sad irony is this tragic occurrence of finding themselves ensnared in the criminal justice system is the first time they truly begin to understand what their struggles really are, and that there's a real diagnosis.
And they've always just thought, I'm weird, there's something wrong with me, I'm whatever, I'm this, I'm that, and it's a horrible, lonely way to go through life. And the sad irony is this tragic occurrence of finding themselves ensnared in the criminal justice system is the first time they truly begin to understand what their struggles really are, and that there's a real diagnosis.
And I call it the rush of insight.
And I call it the rush of insight.
And I call it the rush of insight.
I'm a filmmaker, a storyteller, and the really good stories always have that big reveal, right? You didn't see it coming, but the seeds were always there. They were planted along the way.
I'm a filmmaker, a storyteller, and the really good stories always have that big reveal, right? You didn't see it coming, but the seeds were always there. They were planted along the way.
I'm a filmmaker, a storyteller, and the really good stories always have that big reveal, right? You didn't see it coming, but the seeds were always there. They were planted along the way.
and i always use empire strikes back as my go-to example which is luke i'm your father i didn't see that one coming but then you go back and all the clues made total sense and then your whole story comes into focus and that's what happens when you get the autism diagnosis
and i always use empire strikes back as my go-to example which is luke i'm your father i didn't see that one coming but then you go back and all the clues made total sense and then your whole story comes into focus and that's what happens when you get the autism diagnosis
and i always use empire strikes back as my go-to example which is luke i'm your father i didn't see that one coming but then you go back and all the clues made total sense and then your whole story comes into focus and that's what happens when you get the autism diagnosis
The level of support is to say, look, I know this is horrible, and we're going to do our very best to navigate this, to run this gauntlet, and I'm going to be by your side through the whole thing. Look, here's the bright side. Now you know, and now you can start to get the right help, the right counseling, the right tools to navigate not only this stress in your life, but your life in general.
The level of support is to say, look, I know this is horrible, and we're going to do our very best to navigate this, to run this gauntlet, and I'm going to be by your side through the whole thing. Look, here's the bright side. Now you know, and now you can start to get the right help, the right counseling, the right tools to navigate not only this stress in your life, but your life in general.