Brian Shrader: How Autism is Misunderstood in the Legal System

Tony Mantor: Why Not Me the World

Tony Mantor

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🗓️ 22 April 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Send us a text Brian Shrader, a criminal defense attorney with experience as both prosecutor and defender, exposes how the justice system profoundly fails people with autism and mental health conditions. • Autism often leads to escalation during police encounters rather than directly causing criminal behavior • Mental health training is virtually non-existent for lawyers, judges and prosecutors • The system lacks procedures and resources for addressing mental health issues beyond addiction •...

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0:00.0	Welcome to Why Not Me, the World Podcast, hosted by Tony Mayator.
0:11.0	Broadcasting from Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee.
0:18.0	Join us as our guests tell us their stories.
0:21.7	Some will make you laugh, some will make you cry.
0:25.7	Real life people who will inspire and show that you are not alone in this world.
0:35.0	Hopefully you gain more awareness, acceptance, and a better understanding for
0:41.2	autism around the world.
0:51.4	Hi, I'm Tony Mantor. Welcome to Why Not Me the World, Humanity Over Handcuffs, the Silent Crisis Special Event.
1:00.0	We are joined today by Brian Schrader, a seasoned criminal lawyer with a distinguished career in the legal system.
1:06.7	Initially, he served as prosecutor since 2008 and briefly participated in the mental health diversion program.
1:14.0	Subsequently, he transitioned to criminal defense after leaving the state attorney's office.
1:19.2	We are fortunate to have him share his vast expertise on our show.
1:22.7	Thanks for coming on.
1:23.9	Yeah.
1:24.8	Any opportunity to help out?
1:26.7	Thanks so much. Can you give us a brief introduction to what you do?
1:30.9	Sure. I've been doing criminal law since 2008, started out as a prosecutor, including a short stint in the
1:37.9	mental health diversion program that everyone had to go through as kind of part of the promotion chain,
1:42.5	and then left the state attorney's office to do criminal defense work and a few other areas of law. As part of criminal
1:48.5	defense work, it's inevitable. We're going to encounter a lot of different mental health issues.
1:53.6	Substantial amount are related to drug addiction, either mental health issues caused by drug
1:58.5	addiction or mental health issues that lead to drug addiction.
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