lol, this is the worst place for the worst idea in all of time. people with autism would be better fit wearing armbands. this is sickness.

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    I don’t understand what the problem is. It’s optional, so if you have concerns you can not participate. There’s no central registry, so it’s not like they’re building a list of people. Heck, you could be non autistic and participate just to get officers that deal with you a bit more carefully. Why precisely is the feedback here so negative?

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      Maybe because it seems crazy to anyone not born in the US that you would need a special card as an autistic person, just so they don’t “accidentally” shoot you to death during a traffic stop.

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          So therefore, the problem isn’t ASD folks not being easily identified – the problem is well funded, trigger happy, murderous cops roaming around with legal impunity.

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            Well yeah, as a non American I think they’re mostly cuckoo. I still don’t see the downside of this. It doesn’t fix the root issue, but at the very least it might help a little with the symptom.

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      Have you completely missed the ranting from Brainworm Kennedy about wanting to put autistic people in concentration camps?

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        Probably, since I’m not American.

        Also, previous point about there being no central registry. I don’t think you actually addressed any of the points I mentioned, come to think of it.