Ruth Johnston

That's exactly what it is. It's instead of waiting for them to get dangerous and fall into the criminal system. Instead, you have a process that you could go through a civil court. And in a sense, it's mandating them to have treatment. In another sense, we can look at it as it's mandating the county not to just conveniently let them fall through the cracks.

Yeah, it's a civil, probably a probate court judge that set up to do this.

Yeah, it's a civil, probably a probate court judge that set up to do this.

Yeah, it's a civil, probably a probate court judge that set up to do this.

That's right. So there are two pieces to what you asked. So one of the pieces is how responsive would the court system be? Would it act quickly? And I think that depends on the state and county. And right now, my county has nothing. So there's nothing at all. And even if it takes three months, I guarantee you'll still want that help in three months.

That's right. So there are two pieces to what you asked. So one of the pieces is how responsive would the court system be? Would it act quickly? And I think that depends on the state and county. And right now, my county has nothing. So there's nothing at all. And even if it takes three months, I guarantee you'll still want that help in three months.

That's right. So there are two pieces to what you asked. So one of the pieces is how responsive would the court system be? Would it act quickly? And I think that depends on the state and county. And right now, my county has nothing. So there's nothing at all. And even if it takes three months, I guarantee you'll still want that help in three months.

I think usually they try to make it more responsive. The other thing is, what evidence are they looking at? In Pennsylvania, there's a very strong leaning on the danger standard. You've got to be able to prove that they were In clear and present danger, either within 30 days or absolutely you can predict it within the next 30 days. And otherwise, you got nothing.

I think usually they try to make it more responsive. The other thing is, what evidence are they looking at? In Pennsylvania, there's a very strong leaning on the danger standard. You've got to be able to prove that they were In clear and present danger, either within 30 days or absolutely you can predict it within the next 30 days. And otherwise, you got nothing.

I think usually they try to make it more responsive. The other thing is, what evidence are they looking at? In Pennsylvania, there's a very strong leaning on the danger standard. You've got to be able to prove that they were In clear and present danger, either within 30 days or absolutely you can predict it within the next 30 days. And otherwise, you got nothing.

Whereas if you have somebody, especially an autistic kid, and they've always been a little bit weird. I don't mean that in a bad way. My son was delightfully weird. I loved his mind and talking to him. They just become a little stranger and everybody says, oh, it's just autism. Oh, it's teenage years. Oh, it's the transition years.

Whereas if you have somebody, especially an autistic kid, and they've always been a little bit weird. I don't mean that in a bad way. My son was delightfully weird. I loved his mind and talking to him. They just become a little stranger and everybody says, oh, it's just autism. Oh, it's teenage years. Oh, it's the transition years.

Whereas if you have somebody, especially an autistic kid, and they've always been a little bit weird. I don't mean that in a bad way. My son was delightfully weird. I loved his mind and talking to him. They just become a little stranger and everybody says, oh, it's just autism. Oh, it's teenage years. Oh, it's the transition years.

By the time you realize that it's something else and it's a brain disease, by that time, you're dealing with somebody who's sunk in pretty deep. You have all kinds of evidence. Like, they claim that the food is poisoned. Levi would lose his car in the parking lot, and he'd call the police to report it stolen, and they would come and help him find it.

By the time you realize that it's something else and it's a brain disease, by that time, you're dealing with somebody who's sunk in pretty deep. You have all kinds of evidence. Like, they claim that the food is poisoned. Levi would lose his car in the parking lot, and he'd call the police to report it stolen, and they would come and help him find it.

By the time you realize that it's something else and it's a brain disease, by that time, you're dealing with somebody who's sunk in pretty deep. You have all kinds of evidence. Like, they claim that the food is poisoned. Levi would lose his car in the parking lot, and he'd call the police to report it stolen, and they would come and help him find it.

We had lots of things written where he was helping the angelic army to defeat Satan. He had war plans. He had diagrams. There was all this evidence that he had a severe psychotic illness, but none of it counted unless it was clear and present danger to self or others. Basically, when you're in a state or a county, you've got nothing you can do.

We had lots of things written where he was helping the angelic army to defeat Satan. He had war plans. He had diagrams. There was all this evidence that he had a severe psychotic illness, but none of it counted unless it was clear and present danger to self or others. Basically, when you're in a state or a county, you've got nothing you can do.

We had lots of things written where he was helping the angelic army to defeat Satan. He had war plans. He had diagrams. There was all this evidence that he had a severe psychotic illness, but none of it counted unless it was clear and present danger to self or others. Basically, when you're in a state or a county, you've got nothing you can do.

And so a system that would allow you to submit that as evidence basically assisted outpatient treatment, in addition to moving it into civil court, they accept other evidence. And so suddenly you have a place where you can go with this.