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[Bonnie Jean Smith] My name is

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Bonnie Jean Smith.

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I'm a member of the

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Minnesota Governor's Council

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on Developmental Disabilities.

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I'm also a member of the

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Federal Administration

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on Developmental Disabilities,

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Intellectual Disabilities,

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Monitoring and Technical Review

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team for the nation.

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They call it MTARS.

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Now we know why the

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government has acronyms.

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Okay? I’m also the parent of

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four young adults now,

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two that learn on

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the autism spectrum,

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but I’m not here to

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talk just about them.

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I’m talking about

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developmental disabilities

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and the juvenile justice system.

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How would you handle a story?

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How would you want us

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to get it to you?

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Because I have all the data,

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all the everything, okay?

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So how would you want that story?

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We’ve got it all –

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everything: data, numbers…

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And there's a lot of young people

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with developmental disabilities.

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[Ruben Rosario] Send it to me, baby…

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[laughter]

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[Bonnie Jean Smith] Okay, okay.

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[Ruben Rosario] We’re only as

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good as information we get.

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[Bonnie Jean Smith] Okay. Thank you.