Senator Christine Cohen and advocate Denise Paley Legislating Mental Health Care
5/15/202632 min
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We sit down with Connecticut State Senator Christine Cohen and advocate Denise Paley to unpack how mental health legislation gets built, watered down, and sometimes rescued through strategy and coalition work.
We focus on crisis intervention training, prison mental health care, and the hard questions around rights, re-entry, and what real accountability looks like.
• Senator Cohen’s personal path into mental health advocacy
• why mental health bills stall between chambers and committees
• compromise as a necessity and a long-term risk
• budget priorities and the fight to fund care
• sti...
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[upbeat music] Welcome to Why Not Me? Embracing Autism and Mental Health Worldwide, hosted by Tony Miatur. Broadcasting from the heart of Music City, USA, Nashville, Tennessee. Join us as our guests share their raw, powerful stories. Some will spark laughter, others will move you to tears. These real-life journeys inspire, connect, and remind you that you're never alone. We're igniting a global movement to empower everyone to make a lasting difference by fostering deep awareness, unwavering acceptance, and profound understanding of autism and mental health. Tune in, be inspired, and join us in transforming the world one story at a time. [upbeat music] Hi, I'm Tony Miatur. Welcome to Why Not Me? Embracing Autism and Mental Health Worldwide. This is our special event, Crafting Justice: Empowering Autism and Mental Health through Legislation. Joining us today is Senator Christine Cohen, who champions mental health in Connecticut through bipartisan laws expanding crisis services and care access. Denise Paley also joins us, who collaborates with Senator Cohen to advocate for mental