Offering screening for neurodivergence to people detained by the police could help ensure access to appropriate support and fairer treatment in the criminal justice system, say Cambridge researchers. A study from the team suggests that one in two individuals arrested and detained in London may have undiagnosed attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and one in 20 may have undiagnosed autism.

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    2 days ago

    Yeah I think something that doesn’t get brought up in these conversations is that when we talk about how much money is being spent on something or how much could be saved specifically is that that money is going into someone’s pocket and they are getting a lot of money so they obviously don’t want it saved.

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      2 days ago

      Very true. The government is full of ways to funnel public money into rich people’s pockets by design. And then they do their best to convince the not-rich that it’s the marginalised in society that are causing pretty much all of our problems, actually