{"id":424403,"date":"2026-09-02T22:50:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424403\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T22:50:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T22:50:13","slug":"texas-mom-pushes-bees-law-to-require-autism-trauma-training-across-justice-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/424403\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas mom pushes Bee\u2019s Law to require autism, trauma training across justice system"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A Texas mother is taking her daughter\u2019s story to the state Capitol, hoping it will help change how the justice system handles cases involving autistic victims.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"A Texas mother is taking her daughter\u2019s story to the state Capitol, hoping it will help change how the justice system handles cases involving autistic victims. (SBG)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/99ddee3a-64f4-4272-9f99-f9820c0575d7-Stinger_Across_Texas1.00_01_18_04.Still007.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>A Texas mother is taking her daughter\u2019s story to the state Capitol, hoping it will help change how the justice system handles cases involving autistic victims. (SBG)<\/p>\n<p>The effort, known as Bee\u2019s Law, grew out of one family\u2019s experience with the justice system in Stephens County.<\/p>\n<p> The mother said her autistic daughter was the victim of an assault, and questions were later raised about the child\u2019s ability to testify.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The mother said her autistic daughter was the victim of an assault, and questions were later raised about the child\u2019s ability to testify. (Courtesy of Mother of victim)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/37e25583-ff56-4fa6-b063-ec655888f506-Stinger_Across_Texas1.00_00_44_27.Still005.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The mother said her autistic daughter was the victim of an assault, and questions were later raised about the child\u2019s ability to testify. (Courtesy of Mother of victim)<\/p>\n<p>In a letter from the Stephens County Attorney\u2019s Office, the county attorney raised concerns about the child\u2019s ability to testify, including how her autism could impact that process. The mother said that experience is part of what led her to push for Bee\u2019s Law.<\/p>\n<p>The proposal calls for autism-specific and trauma-informed training for people working throughout the justice system, including judicial, prosecutorial and investigative professionals.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The proposal calls for autism-specific and trauma-informed training for people working throughout the justice system, including judicial, prosecutorial and investigative professionals.  (Courtesy of Mother of victim)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/ce05da7d-fa6a-449f-8058-222f9857aa71-Stinger_Across_Texas1.00_00_41_43.Still002.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The proposal calls for autism-specific and trauma-informed training for people working throughout the justice system, including judicial, prosecutorial and investigative professionals.  (Courtesy of Mother of victim)<\/p>\n<p>Support for the effort has been growing. A petition for Bee\u2019s Law has reached 1,000 supporters as the push moves closer to potential legislation.<\/p>\n<p>The mother has been invited to potentially speak and represent Bee\u2019s Law at Texas Autism Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in 2027, pending confirmation of the date.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"The mother has been invited to potentially speak and represent Bee\u2019s Law at Texas Autism Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in 2027, pending confirmation of the date. (SBG)\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" decoding=\"async\" height=\"365\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/e8dfe1aa-dec0-413d-b376-36524ad55f66-Stinger_Across_Texas1.00_01_01_02.Still006.jpg\" width=\"648\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The mother has been invited to potentially speak and represent Bee\u2019s Law at Texas Autism Advocacy Day at the state Capitol in 2027, pending confirmation of the date. (SBG)<\/p>\n<p>KTXS reached out to the Stephens County courthouse for a response and is still waiting for a response.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A Texas mother is taking her daughter\u2019s story to the state Capitol, hoping it will help change how&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":424404,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[27,29,28],"class_list":["post-424403","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424403","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=424403"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/424403\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/424404"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=424403"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=424403"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=424403"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}