Amy Santoro
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Amy Santoro
@amysantoro.bsky.social
Advocate for the Seriously Mentally Ill, Mom, communicator, dog lover, avid reader, believer in loving-kindness
Serious Mental Illness is a brain disorder, not a crime.
#DecriminalizeSMI
#TreatmentNotPunishment
1 in 5 U.S. adults experience mental illness each year and 1 in 20 U.S. adults experience serious mental illness each year. #MentalHealthAwareness
November 27, 2024 at 1:41 PM
Reposted by Amy Santoro
Until abortion is legal in every state, lets require men to get a mandatory vasectomy until they are proven emotionally mature, financially responsible and ready to be a father.
Wait, what do you mean regulations on men's bodies make you uncomfortable?
November 27, 2024 at 3:18 AM
Reposted by Amy Santoro
This article's premise is false. Police-involved co-response programs are a form of criminalization. They promote contact between people with mental health issues & police. Decriminalizing mental health issues requires shifting away from police-based carceral programs.
gazette.com/thetribune/d...
Decriminalizing mental illness: 5 years in, El Paso County co-responder unit continues to divert peo...
In 2018, Evan Kimball was between housing, finding himself sleeping on friends' couches and, at other times, spending nights on the streets.
gazette.com
November 8, 2023 at 1:30 PM