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18 Oct 2013, 12:35 pm

Okay, this is an older case, but I think we can still learn from it.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_lCp8UIRub4[/youtube]

One lesson, I think the police are a lot more likely to believe a card, maybe kept right behind your driver's license, than if you merely verbally tell the officer.



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18 Oct 2013, 12:41 pm

One potential card is this:

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I AM ON THE ASPERGER'S-AUTISM SPECTRUM.

I sometimes talk to myself.

I sometimes engage in repetitive actions known as "stimming."

I may not be able to understand your questions.

I may not be able to answer right away.

If I need help, please call ____________ at __________.


And I think a card you make up yourself is fine.

Again, if you merely verbally tell the officer, you're just a druggie making up a line of crap, that's how it's likely to be perceived. If you have a card, it's likely to be taken a lot more seriously.

I like the idea of keeping the card immediately behind your driver's license. For example, with me and I'm thinking more and more of getting a card, if I'm pulled over while driving, I might choose not to show the card, because the officer might then be worried about whether I should be driving. But if I'm out walking and the officer thinks I'm acting 'weird,' I might well show the card.