Interview with Autistic prisoner by fellow inmate

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04 Apr 2018, 12:32 am

San Quentin Radio: Autism Behind Bars
7+ minute interview is about his difficulties getting a diagnosis and what it has meant to him.


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04 Apr 2018, 5:35 pm

Thank you for the link.



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04 Apr 2018, 7:05 pm

Thank you for sharing the link. I enjoyed listening to the interview.


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22 Apr 2018, 1:46 pm

Wow. That was really intense. It's scary and sad that people can be so ignored yet it is so cool that he is doing so much better than he ever has been even though he is incarcerated.


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