Average or Above Average IQ-----Sensory & Emotional Regulation, Developmental Differences/Disabilities & Olmstead

Conjecture

High-IQ Patients with Autism or ADHD Face Elevated Risk
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Apr 6, 2022 — "Individuals with an above-average IQ and high-functioning autism, especially those with co-morbid ADHD, are less likely to be diagnosed and more ..."

If all the justice-involved people had IQs below 70 that on some level would make providing what is needed easier.

The problem is that is not true in the majority of cases.

What is true is that often people of average intelligence to very bright people with Sensory and Emotional Regulation Issues are involved in Criminal Justice.

SUBSTANCE ISSUES are often involved in one way or another in crime -- I would say in an effort to manage SENSORY and EMOTIONAL REGULATION ISSUES.

Further, if most inmates have an IQ above 70 --- they also often don't have a PSYCHOTIC DISORDER --- some do.

So I would say the BULK of people involved in Criminal Justice have

• Some type of Neuro-Developmental Difference/Disorder or some BLURRED ASPECTS  such as:
  • ADHD
  • Autism
  • Dyslexia
  • Giftedness
  • OCD
• Have IQs above 70
• Generally have some type of "Mental Health Issue"
  • BUT not necessarily a PSYCHOTIC DISORDER
  • ARE probably MORE VULNERABLE to PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS.

When we think about that Olmstead Plan and/or Settlement Agreement and needs for SUPPORTIVE EMPLOYMENT --- this gets complicated quickly.

There must be INDIVIDUAL TAILORING, BUT we also need to have some general principles of NEURO-DIVERSITY so we don't end up with:

• BURNOUT
• RECIDIVISM, or
• A BREAKDOWN

That does involve understanding needs for DIFFERENT WORK SCHEDULES, but also less obvious things as:

• Managing TRANSITION TIME
• Ensuring you are NOT only compensating for weaknesses, but also BUILDING ON STRENGTHS
  • Those STRENGTHS are often HIGHER than we think.
• GETTING CREATIVE ABOUT ENTREPRENEURSHIP
  • A lot of people in the Criminal Justice System are ENTREPRENEURIAL ---
    • Some of them have gotten CREATIVE -- not necessarily the way the SOCIETY wants.
  • We could get INNOVATIVE about providing people BETTER PATHS through more CONSCIOUS DESIGN of ENTREPRENEURSHIP and WORK.
    • BTW:  72% of Entrepreneurs have a Mental Health Diagnosis
      

I think the Society is concerned about FREE-LOADERS and LAZY PEOPLE.

I really don't think that PERCEPTION should be a problem ---
IF
we're addressing BOTH the UNEXPECTED STRENGTHS & CHALLENGES.