Under Construction

[MUCH OF OUR ARGUMENT IS NOT THAT PEOPLE DIDN’T INTEND THE CRIME BUT THAT DUE TO EMOTIONAL DYSREGULATION AND OTHER COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENTS OF EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING THEY ARE AT MUCH GREATER RISK OF COMMITTING CRIME, ESPECIALLY WITHOUT APPROPRIATE SUPPORTS AND OR SUPERVISION.  HOMELESSNESS IS A CRIMINOGENIC FACTOR ACCORDING TO THE OXFORD DICTIONARY]

BRAIN INJURY
“MENTAL ILLNESS”
ADHD

AUTISM

ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences)
A lot of people with Cognitive Disability didn’t have adverse childhood experiences –but MANY did.

This is what gets so confusing about Cognitive Disability there are MANY SOURCES of it and it is not as uncommon as we have traditionally thought.

TRAUMA
EXECUTIVE FUNCTIONING DEFICITS