Shain Neumeier

Shain Neumeier
Born1987 (age 36–37)
NationalityAmerican
EducationBachelor of arts, Smith College, 2009 Juris doctor, Suffolk University Law School, 2012
Occupation(s)Attorney, activist
Known forDisability, youth, and transgender rights activism
PartnerLydia Brown
FatherEd Neumeier
AwardsLeadership in Advocacy Award, Association of University Centers on Disabilities; Outstanding Young Lawyer of the Year Award, Massachusetts Bar Association
HonorsPhi Delta Phi

Shain A. Mahaffey Neumeier[1] (born 1987) is an American autistic and nonbinary transgender attorney.[2] Neumeier advocates against coercive and forced treatment, including advocacy to close the Judge Rotenberg Center, an institution for people with developmental disabilities.[2][3] They are also an activist for autism rights, disability rights, and other associated causes.

  1. ^ POWELL, R. M. Disability Reproductive Justice. University of Pennsylvania Law Review, [s. l.], v. 170, n. 7, p. 1851–1903, 2022. Disponível em: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=a9h&AN=163323797&site=eds-live&scope=site. Acesso em: 7 jun. 2023.
  2. ^ a b "Activists Tell FDA Head: Ban Electric Shocks on People With Autism - Rewire.News". Rewire.News. Archived from the original on 2018-03-22. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  3. ^ 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.