Shain Neumeier | |
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| Born | 1987 (age 35–36) |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
| Neurodiversity paradigm |
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Shain Mahaffey Neumeier (born 1987) is an American autistic and nonbinary transgender attorney from Los Angeles, California. Neumeier advocates against coercive and forced treatment, including advocacy to close the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution for people with developmental disabilities. 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.
Neumeier studied at Smith College and Suffolk University Law School and later worked on youth rights policy issues for CAFETY. As an attorney, they are in solo practice in Massachusetts. Their law practice represents people facing petitions for involuntary commitment.
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. Neumeier also testified before the United Nations special rapporteur on torture about the JRC.
External links
- Neumeier's personal blog
- Neumeier's law firm Archived 2018-05-22 at the Wayback Machine