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'''Shain Mahaffey Neumeier''' (born 1987) is an American [[Societal and cultural aspects of autism|autistic]] and [[nonbinary]] [[transgender]] attorney from [[Los Angeles, California]].<ref name=":02">{{Cite news|title=Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism - Rewire.News|language=en-US|work=Rewire.News|url=https://rewire.news/article/2018/03/16/activists-tell-fda-head-ban-electric-shocks-people-autism/|access-date=2018-05-14}}</ref> Neumeier advocates against coercive and [[Involuntary commitment|forced treatment]], including advocacy to close the [[Judge Rotenberg Educational Center|Judge Rotenberg Center]], an institution for people with [[Developmental disability|developmental disabilities]].<ref name=":02" /><ref name=":82">{{Cite journal|last1=Adams|first1=DL|last2=Erevelles|first2=Nirmala|date=2017-04-21|title=Unexpected spaces of confinement: Aversive technologies, intellectual disability, and "bare life"|journal=Punishment & Society|volume=19|issue=3|pages=348–365|doi=10.1177/1462474517705147|s2cid=152056345|issn=1462-4745}}</ref> They are also an activist for [[Autism rights movement|autism rights]], [[Disability rights movement|disability rights]], and other associated causes. Neumeier has multiple disabilities including [[Posttraumatic stress disorder|post-traumatic stress disorder]] and [[Cleft lip and cleft palate|cleft lip and palate]].{{Citation needed|date=February 2023}}
Neumeier studied at [[Smith College]] and [[Suffolk University Law School]] and later worked on [[youth rights]] policy issues for [[Community Alliance for the Ethical Treatment of Youth|CAFETY]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://autismnow.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/Autistic-View-Of-Employment-Edited.pdf|title=An Autistic View of Employment: Advice, Essays, Stories, and More from Autistic Self Advocates|last=Autism NOW Center|date=June 2013}}</ref> As an attorney, they are in solo practice in [[Massachusetts]]. Their law practice represents people facing petitions for [[involuntary commitment]].<ref name=":10">{{Cite web|title=For lawyers with autism, the work often pairs up with things they do well|url=https://www.abajournal.com/web/article/for-lawyers-with-autism-the-work-often-pairs-up-with-things-they-do-well|access-date=2020-05-17|website=ABA Journal|language=en}}</ref>
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