title: Misunderstood responses in police interrogation rooms.
abstract: Today, disability workers are finding numerous ways to talk to law officials about the above characteristics. They can do it during investigations, in police academy training segments, during officer roll-call sessions, on court witness stands, and during joint police-community conferences. I remember how the original list of eight character traits (Ellis & Luckasson, 1985) grabbed my attention so vividly after reading them for the first time. This experience makes me hopeful that today, when others voice the list of 20, it will have the same effect, with the positive outcome of these persons we work with and care about experiencing greater safety, security, and justice in the communities in which they live.
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Perske
mesh_terms: D002961:Civil Rights / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003688:Deinstitutionalization / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006801:Humans; D010344:Patient Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence; D019989:Persons with Intellectual Disabilities / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D016495:Police; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D014481:United States