What To Do When An Individual With Special Needs Gets Arrested

Individuals with Special Needs in jail

People with severe mental illness and others with severe behavior problems can become disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system. Due to a lack of awareness, a lack of preventative measures, and a lack of understanding about mental illness, often times, the criminal justice system is ill-equipped to respond to the needs of this special [...]

Special Needs News: TSA, Drug control,Dormant genes and 9 other stories

Special Needs News

Every Sunday, we select the week’s big special needs news stories and blog posts. This week, we’re featuring 12 special needs news stories from the past two weeks. New York Times: In Treating Disabled, Potent Drugs and Few Rules An investigation by the New York Times shows that psychotropic medications, which are used to treat [...]