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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

They've been watching the house and they know there's a child or children in the household. There's a husband and a wife. But then that child's friend or cousin stays over and they are there under the spectrum. Well, maybe they don't have those sensory items that help soothe them. So wouldn't it be helpful for an officer to have that?

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

Or again, it's a traffic stop and having something so that autistic individual, that their anxiety doesn't escalate and that they have something, that fidget toy or whatever it is that's going to that comfort toy, something soft, something, whatever it is, something that could be helpful to them. And again, the agencies that are using these, be it law enforcement, that they are finding them,

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

Or again, it's a traffic stop and having something so that autistic individual, that their anxiety doesn't escalate and that they have something, that fidget toy or whatever it is that's going to that comfort toy, something soft, something, whatever it is, something that could be helpful to them. And again, the agencies that are using these, be it law enforcement, that they are finding them,

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

Or again, it's a traffic stop and having something so that autistic individual, that their anxiety doesn't escalate and that they have something, that fidget toy or whatever it is that's going to that comfort toy, something soft, something, whatever it is, something that could be helpful to them. And again, the agencies that are using these, be it law enforcement, that they are finding them,

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

helpful. So let's look into this. It can't hurt. And again, if this is going to be something that is going to deescalate a situation a lot quicker, why not? Why not?

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

helpful. So let's look into this. It can't hurt. And again, if this is going to be something that is going to deescalate a situation a lot quicker, why not? Why not?

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

helpful. So let's look into this. It can't hurt. And again, if this is going to be something that is going to deescalate a situation a lot quicker, why not? Why not?

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

Definitely. You know, I'm a big believer. And again, you know, nothing is 100 percent. But again, if we can bring these numbers down and we can have more positive interactions, better off for all parties concerned, because, again, law enforcement, these officers do. They want to go home. They have friends. They have family that they want to get home to.

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

Definitely. You know, I'm a big believer. And again, you know, nothing is 100 percent. But again, if we can bring these numbers down and we can have more positive interactions, better off for all parties concerned, because, again, law enforcement, these officers do. They want to go home. They have friends. They have family that they want to get home to.

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

Definitely. You know, I'm a big believer. And again, you know, nothing is 100 percent. But again, if we can bring these numbers down and we can have more positive interactions, better off for all parties concerned, because, again, law enforcement, these officers do. They want to go home. They have friends. They have family that they want to get home to.

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

Then again, so does the autistic individual. They want to get home. They want to be with their loved ones as well. So let's try to work it out so that all porters can, you know, just go back to their residences at the end of the day and had a positive outcome.

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

Then again, so does the autistic individual. They want to get home. They want to be with their loved ones as well. So let's try to work it out so that all porters can, you know, just go back to their residences at the end of the day and had a positive outcome.

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

Then again, so does the autistic individual. They want to get home. They want to be with their loved ones as well. So let's try to work it out so that all porters can, you know, just go back to their residences at the end of the day and had a positive outcome.

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

One of the things that I did, even before I started getting into the training, was that I brought my son around to all of the local law enforcement agencies in my area. And I introduced him to the chief. I introduced him to the captain and to some of the officers. I made them aware that my son is under the spectrum.

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

One of the things that I did, even before I started getting into the training, was that I brought my son around to all of the local law enforcement agencies in my area. And I introduced him to the chief. I introduced him to the captain and to some of the officers. I made them aware that my son is under the spectrum.

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

One of the things that I did, even before I started getting into the training, was that I brought my son around to all of the local law enforcement agencies in my area. And I introduced him to the chief. I introduced him to the captain and to some of the officers. I made them aware that my son is under the spectrum.

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

Again, just to have an informal meet and greet to find out what would be helpful for them to know. Should a 911 call come in that involves my vehicle, you go and maybe you have my license plate number, you have my address, that both of those are flagged so that you know that there could be an autistic individual in the vehicle or on the premises.

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

Again, just to have an informal meet and greet to find out what would be helpful for them to know. Should a 911 call come in that involves my vehicle, you go and maybe you have my license plate number, you have my address, that both of those are flagged so that you know that there could be an autistic individual in the vehicle or on the premises.

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

Again, just to have an informal meet and greet to find out what would be helpful for them to know. Should a 911 call come in that involves my vehicle, you go and maybe you have my license plate number, you have my address, that both of those are flagged so that you know that there could be an autistic individual in the vehicle or on the premises.

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

The more information that you can go and you can pass on, the better. Let them know. Again, I mentioned about these QR codes that my son, my daughter, that they go and they have these QR code little badges on their footwear, that they have it on their backpack, they have it on their jacket, they have it on a lanyard around their neck. Scan that.