Ruth Johnston

I think it would have worked, but when I talked to the county, apparently they just dismissed it. They just didn't believe. So I've gone and I've tried to talk to other people. I've talked to some of the judges. I've sent letters to all of the judges, the police chiefs.

I think it would have worked, but when I talked to the county, apparently they just dismissed it. They just didn't believe. So I've gone and I've tried to talk to other people. I've talked to some of the judges. I've sent letters to all of the judges, the police chiefs.

I'm trying to create videos with interviews that I think would be interesting to them and then promoting them, not to the general public, but specifically to anybody I can find that's in that layer of people that work in the county and run into untreated mental illness. Ambulance, doctors, nurses, social workers, police, jail, judges, lawyers.

I'm trying to create videos with interviews that I think would be interesting to them and then promoting them, not to the general public, but specifically to anybody I can find that's in that layer of people that work in the county and run into untreated mental illness. Ambulance, doctors, nurses, social workers, police, jail, judges, lawyers.

I'm trying to create videos with interviews that I think would be interesting to them and then promoting them, not to the general public, but specifically to anybody I can find that's in that layer of people that work in the county and run into untreated mental illness. Ambulance, doctors, nurses, social workers, police, jail, judges, lawyers.

So I'm trying to get a conversation going among them and help them to understand, because none of them had even heard of it. When I explain to them what AOT is, they say, why don't we have that? Say, I don't know, ask the county. The step I'm taking is having talked to the county directly, talked to assistant director at the county.

So I'm trying to get a conversation going among them and help them to understand, because none of them had even heard of it. When I explain to them what AOT is, they say, why don't we have that? Say, I don't know, ask the county. The step I'm taking is having talked to the county directly, talked to assistant director at the county.

So I'm trying to get a conversation going among them and help them to understand, because none of them had even heard of it. When I explain to them what AOT is, they say, why don't we have that? Say, I don't know, ask the county. The step I'm taking is having talked to the county directly, talked to assistant director at the county.

That went nowhere, so now I'm trying to reach these others, have a meeting with judges and explain it to them. I did an interview with some social workers in police departments, and they were very enthusiastic. The director of the biggest outpatient psychosis clinic after getting some of my mailings, called me and said, tell me what you're doing and how can I help because we want this.

That went nowhere, so now I'm trying to reach these others, have a meeting with judges and explain it to them. I did an interview with some social workers in police departments, and they were very enthusiastic. The director of the biggest outpatient psychosis clinic after getting some of my mailings, called me and said, tell me what you're doing and how can I help because we want this.

That went nowhere, so now I'm trying to reach these others, have a meeting with judges and explain it to them. I did an interview with some social workers in police departments, and they were very enthusiastic. The director of the biggest outpatient psychosis clinic after getting some of my mailings, called me and said, tell me what you're doing and how can I help because we want this.

Everyone wants to have this program, but the county, for some reason, doesn't want to make the change. I'm just trying to figure out how to get through that. I really wish that I just know that in my county, there are going to be some autism lobbying parents groups. And I wish I could get through to them that this is for them.

Everyone wants to have this program, but the county, for some reason, doesn't want to make the change. I'm just trying to figure out how to get through that. I really wish that I just know that in my county, there are going to be some autism lobbying parents groups. And I wish I could get through to them that this is for them.

Everyone wants to have this program, but the county, for some reason, doesn't want to make the change. I'm just trying to figure out how to get through that. I really wish that I just know that in my county, there are going to be some autism lobbying parents groups. And I wish I could get through to them that this is for them.

Let's say you have an autistic kid in fifth grade and it's 2013 and you hear my story on the news. You don't think to yourself, this is a kid like my son. You think some crazy person. I want to read you something, if I can, from the transcript from his sentencing. We had some autism experts testify. We were asking the judge to give him a very short sentence.

Let's say you have an autistic kid in fifth grade and it's 2013 and you hear my story on the news. You don't think to yourself, this is a kid like my son. You think some crazy person. I want to read you something, if I can, from the transcript from his sentencing. We had some autism experts testify. We were asking the judge to give him a very short sentence.

Let's say you have an autistic kid in fifth grade and it's 2013 and you hear my story on the news. You don't think to yourself, this is a kid like my son. You think some crazy person. I want to read you something, if I can, from the transcript from his sentencing. We had some autism experts testify. We were asking the judge to give him a very short sentence.

so that he could go into some kind of hospital or program care, and the judge did not. The one expert talking about it was Nancy Minshew at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

so that he could go into some kind of hospital or program care, and the judge did not. The one expert talking about it was Nancy Minshew at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.

so that he could go into some kind of hospital or program care, and the judge did not. The one expert talking about it was Nancy Minshew at University of Pennsylvania Medical Center.