The Unfair Treatment of Black Autistic People
JAYDA HINDS | Dec. 5, 2021The intersection of being Black and autistic in America is to be left unprotected. A telling example of this truth lies in the case of 23-year-old Elijah McClain. McClain, an autistic Black man who was confronted by Colorado Police after the department received a phone call about his “suspicious” behavior. He was walking home after buying his brother an iced tea from a nearby convenience store.
