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Trish Ieraci

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180 total appearances

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Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

Well, thank you for having me.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

Well, thank you for having me.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

Well, thank you for having me.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

I am an autism awareness trainer. I specifically work with law enforcement and I give them the tools to recognize when somebody is under the spectrum. I give them suggestions on how to deescalate a situation, how to handle a situation, and

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

I am an autism awareness trainer. I specifically work with law enforcement and I give them the tools to recognize when somebody is under the spectrum. I give them suggestions on how to deescalate a situation, how to handle a situation, and

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

I am an autism awareness trainer. I specifically work with law enforcement and I give them the tools to recognize when somebody is under the spectrum. I give them suggestions on how to deescalate a situation, how to handle a situation, and

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

One of the big things that I'm finding out, Tony, is that when I'm speaking about individuals under the spectrum, it seems like a lot of people and I'm not just talking law enforcement go to those that are a severe B that are children. So I also educate them that you can have, yes, those individuals that are severe, they need the 24-7 care, 365.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

One of the big things that I'm finding out, Tony, is that when I'm speaking about individuals under the spectrum, it seems like a lot of people and I'm not just talking law enforcement go to those that are a severe B that are children. So I also educate them that you can have, yes, those individuals that are severe, they need the 24-7 care, 365.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

One of the big things that I'm finding out, Tony, is that when I'm speaking about individuals under the spectrum, it seems like a lot of people and I'm not just talking law enforcement go to those that are a severe B that are children. So I also educate them that you can have, yes, those individuals that are severe, they need the 24-7 care, 365.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

And then you go and you have those individuals that are getting their PhDs, they are becoming attorneys, they are becoming accountants, CPAs, whatever, and everything in between. So just because somebody presents as being well-educated, well-spoken, does not automatically exclude them from being under the spectrum. And this has happened to individuals that I have met.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

And then you go and you have those individuals that are getting their PhDs, they are becoming attorneys, they are becoming accountants, CPAs, whatever, and everything in between. So just because somebody presents as being well-educated, well-spoken, does not automatically exclude them from being under the spectrum. And this has happened to individuals that I have met.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

And then you go and you have those individuals that are getting their PhDs, they are becoming attorneys, they are becoming accountants, CPAs, whatever, and everything in between. So just because somebody presents as being well-educated, well-spoken, does not automatically exclude them from being under the spectrum. And this has happened to individuals that I have met.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

They're not believed just because they are, again, like I said, well-spoken, educated, so on. You know, that somebody like that can't be under the spectrum. Well, that's why it has the term the spectrum term. And again, making them aware of that.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

They're not believed just because they are, again, like I said, well-spoken, educated, so on. You know, that somebody like that can't be under the spectrum. Well, that's why it has the term the spectrum term. And again, making them aware of that.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

They're not believed just because they are, again, like I said, well-spoken, educated, so on. You know, that somebody like that can't be under the spectrum. Well, that's why it has the term the spectrum term. And again, making them aware of that.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

Like when my son was diagnosed, because my son is 27 years old, that when he was diagnosed, one of the big things was is that if they made eye contact, they could have had any of those other telltale signs as far as being autistic. But if they made eye contact, they didn't fall under the spectrum. We have now come to find out that that's incorrect.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

Like when my son was diagnosed, because my son is 27 years old, that when he was diagnosed, one of the big things was is that if they made eye contact, they could have had any of those other telltale signs as far as being autistic. But if they made eye contact, they didn't fall under the spectrum. We have now come to find out that that's incorrect.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

Like when my son was diagnosed, because my son is 27 years old, that when he was diagnosed, one of the big things was is that if they made eye contact, they could have had any of those other telltale signs as far as being autistic. But if they made eye contact, they didn't fall under the spectrum. We have now come to find out that that's incorrect.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

And again, the understanding that somebody can travel, that somebody can go out, that they can get jobs, they can be well-educated, you know, that they can do everything and anything that anybody else does. And then, of course, that leads them into getting into the same problems that everybody else can possibly get into.

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me ?
Trish Ieraci:Understanding Autism Saves Lives: One Trainer's Mission to Transform Police Interactions

And again, the understanding that somebody can travel, that somebody can go out, that they can get jobs, they can be well-educated, you know, that they can do everything and anything that anybody else does. And then, of course, that leads them into getting into the same problems that everybody else can possibly get into.

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