A bit more information on the Hsoi/John Daub self-defense shooting of autistic home invader Jared James has come to light that wasn’t in my original story.
The original news reports said things like James “forced his way onto the threshold of one of the homes.” What they actual meant was he battered at the door so hard he broke the frame:
Also, new information shows that the late Mr. James was not quite the “gentle giant” some reports tried to paint:
This fall, for reasons that she [the mother] didn’t understand, [Catalina] Leverette [the mother] said her son had developed a tendency toward unpredictable outbursts, at times running through the house yelling. She knew the police had responded to calls about her son, and newly obtained police reports show two calls in 2014 for an “emotionally disturbed person” involving James.
Also this:
“On Dec. 11, [police] took James to a psychiatric hospital under court order.”
The James shooting was a tragedy, all right, but it was a tragedy of the health system not being able to get a mentally ill man the type help he obviously needed.
Tags: Austin, blogging, Crime, Guns, John Daub, mental illness
I came across your blog while researching community based living options when funding is cut for Texans with disabilities. This topic is for both professional (grad school) and personal (child with Down syndrome). I would encourage you to research the legal definition of Autism spectrum disorder and an emotional disability. I would also encourage you to research community based living options, funding and current waiting list statuses in this state. If at that time you are able to determine and define behavioral challenges commonly present in individuals with ASD (autism), the current long term housing choices/options for those individuals when their parents/caregivers age and the cost of care for individuals in ASD and intellectual disabilities (like Down syndrome), then I would please ask that you correct this blog. If for nothing else, consider a correction based on the fact that an estimated 1 out of 20 individuals will be diagnosed with autism in 2020 and ignorance only complicates the issues that individuals with disabilities and their families face daily,and another reason could include that according to statistics you or someone you love will have a family member diagnosed with autism or an intellectual disability . Thank you in advance for considering this request.