Judge Kim Taylor

And I grew up with that kind of environment. But somebody that grows up, say, in rural North Carolina or maybe rural Tennessee, it doesn't see anybody except the people that are like them. You know, they only see the people that look like them, talk like they do. And they don't expand their beliefs and they don't expand their horizons to understand why other people do things the way they do.

Yeah, we do. We do, and I'm not lost hope because, as I say, even when we did this thing back in 2005 with the legislature, I had district attorneys and law enforcement, all these folks that were wanting to help and wanting to be a part of our educational efforts. So it wasn't as bad as you might think.

Yeah, we do. We do, and I'm not lost hope because, as I say, even when we did this thing back in 2005 with the legislature, I had district attorneys and law enforcement, all these folks that were wanting to help and wanting to be a part of our educational efforts. So it wasn't as bad as you might think.

Yeah, we do. We do, and I'm not lost hope because, as I say, even when we did this thing back in 2005 with the legislature, I had district attorneys and law enforcement, all these folks that were wanting to help and wanting to be a part of our educational efforts. So it wasn't as bad as you might think.

It seems to me once you get people on an individual basis to care versus a large group of people that, I don't care, I'm wrong, you know.

It seems to me once you get people on an individual basis to care versus a large group of people that, I don't care, I'm wrong, you know.

It seems to me once you get people on an individual basis to care versus a large group of people that, I don't care, I'm wrong, you know.

That's true. That's true. And judges and VAs, you know, we focus so much on consequences, but let's focus some on preventative measures. You know, what can we do to divert this from the court system?

That's true. That's true. And judges and VAs, you know, we focus so much on consequences, but let's focus some on preventative measures. You know, what can we do to divert this from the court system?

That's true. That's true. And judges and VAs, you know, we focus so much on consequences, but let's focus some on preventative measures. You know, what can we do to divert this from the court system?

I think probably the most important thing is to open your mind to differences among people. And if you're going to be working with the public, and especially in the court system where you're making life-changing decisions for people and for families, you need to understand what these terms mean. If you hear the word, you know, autism, you need to know that it's a developmental disability.

I think probably the most important thing is to open your mind to differences among people. And if you're going to be working with the public, and especially in the court system where you're making life-changing decisions for people and for families, you need to understand what these terms mean. If you hear the word, you know, autism, you need to know that it's a developmental disability.

I think probably the most important thing is to open your mind to differences among people. And if you're going to be working with the public, and especially in the court system where you're making life-changing decisions for people and for families, you need to understand what these terms mean. If you hear the word, you know, autism, you need to know that it's a developmental disability.

People don't get cured of it. They can do better and function better, but they're not going to be cured. And if they actually have the diagnosis, there are certain things similar among folks on this spectrum. And in your mind, too, a possibility. I think that this was true back five or six years ago, maybe still true.

People don't get cured of it. They can do better and function better, but they're not going to be cured. And if they actually have the diagnosis, there are certain things similar among folks on this spectrum. And in your mind, too, a possibility. I think that this was true back five or six years ago, maybe still true.

People don't get cured of it. They can do better and function better, but they're not going to be cured. And if they actually have the diagnosis, there are certain things similar among folks on this spectrum. And in your mind, too, a possibility. I think that this was true back five or six years ago, maybe still true.

We had the University of North Carolina have a program to diagnose and try to train classroom teachers, for example, about how to deal with my own spectrum. And so the military started sending people with families with someone on spectrum to North Carolina. And we just had a large influx of people coming here, you know, that needed these resources.

We had the University of North Carolina have a program to diagnose and try to train classroom teachers, for example, about how to deal with my own spectrum. And so the military started sending people with families with someone on spectrum to North Carolina. And we just had a large influx of people coming here, you know, that needed these resources.

We had the University of North Carolina have a program to diagnose and try to train classroom teachers, for example, about how to deal with my own spectrum. And so the military started sending people with families with someone on spectrum to North Carolina. And we just had a large influx of people coming here, you know, that needed these resources.

I've been told, and I'm not sure it's true, but I've been told that other states now are advanced over North Carolina. How do you make people have incentive to care? I don't know how you do that.