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Shain Mahaffey Neumeier (born 1987) is an American autistic and nonbinary transgender attorney from Los Angeles, California.[1] Neumeier advocates against coercive and forced treatment, including advocacy to close the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution for people with developmental disabilities.[1][2] They are also an activist for autism rights, disability rights, and other associated causes. Neumeier has multiple disabilities including post-traumatic stress disorder and cleft lip and palate.[citation needed]
Shain Neumeier | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1987 (age 37–38) |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | Bachelor of arts, Smith College, 2009 Juris doctor, Suffolk University Law School, 2012 |
| Occupation(s) | Attorney, activist |
| Known for | Disability, youth, and transgender rights activism |
| Partner | Lydia Brown |
| Father | Ed Neumeier |
| Awards | Leadership in Advocacy Award, Association of University Centers on Disabilities; Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award, Massachusetts Bar Association |
| Honors | Phi Delta Phi |
Neumeier studied at Smith College and Suffolk University Law School and later worked on youth rights policy issues for CAFETY.[3] As an attorney, they are in solo practice in Massachusetts. Their law practice represents people facing petitions for involuntary commitment.[4]
Activism
Neumeier advocates against coercive and forced treatment, and has called for the closure of the Judge Rotenberg Center (JRC), an institution which uses electric skin shock aversion therapy on people with developmental disabilities.[1][2] Neumeier also testified before the United Nations special rapporteur on torture about the JRC.[5]
References
- ^ a b c "Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism - Rewire.News". Rewire.News. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
- ^ a b Adams, DL; Erevelles, Nirmala (2017-04-21). "Unexpected spaces of confinement: Aversive technologies, intellectual disability, and "bare life"". Punishment & Society. 19 (3): 348–365. doi:10.1177/1462474517705147. ISSN 1462-4745. S2CID 152056345.
- ^ Autism NOW Center (June 2013). "An Autistic View of Employment: Advice, Essays, Stories, and More from Autistic Self Advocates" (PDF).
- ^ "For lawyers with autism, the work often pairs up with things they do well". ABA Journal. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
- ^ daVanport, Sharon. "Stop the shocks: New toolkit builds on autistic community's anti-JRC work - Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (AWN)". www.awnnetwork.org. Retrieved 2020-05-17.
External links
- Neumeier's personal blog
- Neumeier's law firm Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine