Decriminalize Developmental Disabilities (DThree)
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A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization advocating for ending the criminalization of autism & IDD through reform and advocacy. We stand with families to build a compassionate legal system. ⚖️ dthree.org
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If you read 1 long 🧵today—
Disability Criminalization: A Primer
“Disability criminalization occurs when conduct connected to disability, such as: speech, crisis, movement is interpreted as disorderly, threatening, or criminal. It's not about crime, but about how law and culture misread disability.”
Disability Criminalization: A Primer
“Disability criminalization occurs when conduct connected to disability, such as: speech, crisis, movement is interpreted as disorderly, threatening, or criminal. It's not about crime, but about how law and culture misread disability.”
September 7, 2025 at 5:36 PM
If you read 1 long 🧵today—
Disability Criminalization: A Primer
“Disability criminalization occurs when conduct connected to disability, such as: speech, crisis, movement is interpreted as disorderly, threatening, or criminal. It's not about crime, but about how law and culture misread disability.”
Disability Criminalization: A Primer
“Disability criminalization occurs when conduct connected to disability, such as: speech, crisis, movement is interpreted as disorderly, threatening, or criminal. It's not about crime, but about how law and culture misread disability.”
Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common scenario. Officers mistaking autistic behavior for being high on drugs or intoxicated need to be addressed through targeted officer training and meaningful policy change. www.investigatetv.com/2025/09/11/t...
Tennessee man with autism becomes latest sober driver to be arrested for DUI
A sober man with autism is arrested for DUI after police mistake his disability for signs of impairment.
www.investigatetv.com
January 25, 2026 at 7:09 PM
Unfortunately, this is an all-too-common scenario. Officers mistaking autistic behavior for being high on drugs or intoxicated need to be addressed through targeted officer training and meaningful policy change. www.investigatetv.com/2025/09/11/t...
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As brutal temperatures blanket the U.S., people behind bars experience particularly deadly conditions.
Here's what data show about the dangers of extreme cold in prison 🧵
Here's what data show about the dangers of extreme cold in prison 🧵
January 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
As brutal temperatures blanket the U.S., people behind bars experience particularly deadly conditions.
Here's what data show about the dangers of extreme cold in prison 🧵
Here's what data show about the dangers of extreme cold in prison 🧵
Congratulations to Melinda Murphy for publishing this outstanding editorial in April 2025. Worth a read! www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
Melinda Murphy: The criminal justice system is dangerous for autistic people
Mr. Robert Roberson was wrongfully convicted in 2003 of murdering his 2 year old daughter, convicted on the basis of “junk science,” but arrested...
www.post-gazette.com
January 24, 2026 at 6:17 PM
Congratulations to Melinda Murphy for publishing this outstanding editorial in April 2025. Worth a read! www.post-gazette.com/opinion/gues...
More of this, please. This is what we like to see. sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-...
San Antonio officials advance discussions on jail diversion
A CCR from Councilmember Teri Castillo advanced Tuesday as officials expressed support for a centralized diversion and recovery system.
sanantonioreport.org
January 24, 2026 at 4:12 AM
More of this, please. This is what we like to see. sanantonioreport.org/san-antonio-...