Under New Law, Self-Advocates To Train Police

From Disability Scoop

Following the death of Ethan Saylor, a young man with Down syndrome, Maryland has enacted a law requiring police to be trained by self-advocates on how to interact with people with developmental disabilities. The Ethan Saylor Alliance for Self-Advocates as Educators law takes effect July 1.

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