A new effort is being launched in Florida to enhance the relationship between law enforcement and people with autism. Sandra Worth, founder and executive director of My Autism Connection, is collaborating with the Florida Sheriffs Association to implement an autism identification program. For Worth, the initiative hits close to home.
“As the founder of My Autism Connection and mother of an adult son on the autism spectrum…also the wife of a retired law enforcement officer, so it was my thought to always have both my husband and son come home safely every day,” Worth said.
The program will be issuing lifetime-valid autism identification cards in the sheriffs’ signature green color. Information about various behaviors that law enforcement personnel may come across, such as stimming and people who are unable to communicate or approach too closely, will be included on the front of the card. Worth described the concept as straightforward…