<p><a target="_blank" href="https://www.buzzsprout.com/twilio/text_messages/2117852/open_sms">Send us a text</a></p><p>Joan Lipinski shares her deeply personal journey fighting for her daughter with Asperger's syndrome who received a 63-month federal prison sentence after being manipulated into bringing contraband into a facility where she worked. </p><p>Through multiple prison transfers, denied medical care following back surgery, and judicial misunderstanding of autism, Joan has become a determined advocate battling against a system that fails to accommodate neurodiversity.<br><br>• Joan's daughter was manipulated by an inmate professing love to bring in a package with unknown contents<br>• Judge acknowledged her autism but wanted to "make an example" of her to other prison workers<br>• After sentencing, she endured a harrowing four-month journey through five different facilities<br>• Basic necessities like underwear, socks, and pain medication were withheld for weeks<br>• Her compassionate release was denied when the judge claimed "her autism was overstated"<br>• Joan traveled to Washington DC to meet with senators and representatives<br>• She successfully met with Senator Cruz's staff and personally with Senator Greg Stubbe<br>• Clemency paperwork has been filed as the next step in seeking her daughter's release<br>• Other inmates don't understand her daughter's autistic behaviors, putting her at risk<br>• Joan flies to Texas three times monthly to provide brief respite from the prison environment<br><br>If you know anyone who would like to tell us their story, send them to TonyMantor.com contact, then they can give us their information so one day they may be a guest on our show. T</p><p>ell everyone everywhere about Why Not Me The World, the conversations we're having and the inspiration our guests give.<br><br><br></p><p>https://tonymantor.com<br>https://Facebook.com/tonymantor<br>https://instagram.com/tonymantor<br>https://twitter.com/tonymantor<br>https://youtube.com/tonymantormusic<br>intro/outro music bed written by T. Wild<br>Why Not Me the World music published by Mantor Music (BMI)</p>