Leigh Anne McKingsley

But you also really need to understand the stories and the why behind why it's so important that we address it. And I think when you bring someone's story, it creates that sense of urgency, too, to understand this could have been your son, your daughter. Frankly, we look for judges or attorneys who have that personal connection.

If you can find someone with a family connection or has lived it themselves, all the better to have them tell it from their perspective of why this issue is so important. So when we go in and we create these disability response teams with our chapters, we ask, who's already involved? What kind of training are police getting? Are your local prosecutors getting?

If you can find someone with a family connection or has lived it themselves, all the better to have them tell it from their perspective of why this issue is so important. So when we go in and we create these disability response teams with our chapters, we ask, who's already involved? What kind of training are police getting? Are your local prosecutors getting?

If you can find someone with a family connection or has lived it themselves, all the better to have them tell it from their perspective of why this issue is so important. So when we go in and we create these disability response teams with our chapters, we ask, who's already involved? What kind of training are police getting? Are your local prosecutors getting?

Is there someone there who has a son or daughter with an intellectual developmental disability or a family member? And let's start with where you are at and what you have. And we'll just come in and support that and provide a template of how you can grow that in your community.

Is there someone there who has a son or daughter with an intellectual developmental disability or a family member? And let's start with where you are at and what you have. And we'll just come in and support that and provide a template of how you can grow that in your community.

Is there someone there who has a son or daughter with an intellectual developmental disability or a family member? And let's start with where you are at and what you have. And we'll just come in and support that and provide a template of how you can grow that in your community.

I think still there's a lot of disability that remains invisible in our society and especially mental health stigma, the stigma of being able to talk about your mental health. We know that's been true in policing for forever until more recently. Now there's a lot more talk about mental wellness and policing, but there still is a stigma of being able to openly talk about this.

I think still there's a lot of disability that remains invisible in our society and especially mental health stigma, the stigma of being able to talk about your mental health. We know that's been true in policing for forever until more recently. Now there's a lot more talk about mental wellness and policing, but there still is a stigma of being able to openly talk about this.

I think still there's a lot of disability that remains invisible in our society and especially mental health stigma, the stigma of being able to talk about your mental health. We know that's been true in policing for forever until more recently. Now there's a lot more talk about mental wellness and policing, but there still is a stigma of being able to openly talk about this.

Imagine being in the criminal justice system and stigmas that you may face and Imagine having autism or another type of a developmental disability and knowing that if you say something in jail or in prison, what that could do or what that could mean.

Imagine being in the criminal justice system and stigmas that you may face and Imagine having autism or another type of a developmental disability and knowing that if you say something in jail or in prison, what that could do or what that could mean.

Imagine being in the criminal justice system and stigmas that you may face and Imagine having autism or another type of a developmental disability and knowing that if you say something in jail or in prison, what that could do or what that could mean.

So I think there's still a lot of this not being talked about or fear of talking openly about disability, which can impact the ability to know the true numbers. But we still don't have a lot of good screening tools either to get to that. exactly how many people are affected by different types of disabilities.

So I think there's still a lot of this not being talked about or fear of talking openly about disability, which can impact the ability to know the true numbers. But we still don't have a lot of good screening tools either to get to that. exactly how many people are affected by different types of disabilities.

So I think there's still a lot of this not being talked about or fear of talking openly about disability, which can impact the ability to know the true numbers. But we still don't have a lot of good screening tools either to get to that. exactly how many people are affected by different types of disabilities.

We do know from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there's data specific to the number of people in prisons and jails. Two in 10 prisoners and three in 10 jail inmates reported having some type of a cognitive disability. That's a pretty broad term that they use there. It includes people with Down syndrome, autism, dementia, learning disabilities. intellectual disability, and traumatic brain injury.

We do know from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there's data specific to the number of people in prisons and jails. Two in 10 prisoners and three in 10 jail inmates reported having some type of a cognitive disability. That's a pretty broad term that they use there. It includes people with Down syndrome, autism, dementia, learning disabilities. intellectual disability, and traumatic brain injury.

We do know from the Bureau of Justice Statistics, there's data specific to the number of people in prisons and jails. Two in 10 prisoners and three in 10 jail inmates reported having some type of a cognitive disability. That's a pretty broad term that they use there. It includes people with Down syndrome, autism, dementia, learning disabilities. intellectual disability, and traumatic brain injury.

It would probably help us to know a little bit more specifically what types of disabilities that people have in the criminal justice system, but that's one example of how we're trying to get to the data so that we can know what kind of accommodations are needed. And the more we understand about the type of disability, the better we can pinpoint the accommodations and supports.