ABOUT CHERYL

CHERYL’S ADVOCACY evolved from misidentified Acquired Brain Injury, ABI, through PTSD to become the catalyst for laws passed to protect individuals with differences through educated response and resources by law enforcement to difference and understanding.

The personal side of being accused weighed hard on me. One of the hardest moments remains that I had to plead guilty to charges that were not true so that I could talk about my case. In other words, put myself in the judgment decision process of a court system which had accused me as guilty because I am different. I did take that step, it was the biggest decisioin of this journey, but then the first step often is, isn’t it? Take it, or explore it, if you need to. I felt better once I did , I was doing something about being accused. And taking action FOR BEING DIFFERENT. The extremes of this case were just that. Bad things do happen to good people, these laws are what I did about it.

MY MOTTO IS AND ALWAYS WILL BE

“TO BE DIFFERENT IS NOT TO BE GUILTY.”


Year 01: 2012

I am arrested, a reaction to difference

Year 02: 2014

I plead nolo contendre, a response to begin my quest for a law

Year 03: 2015

Texas HB 1338 passes

Year 04: 2022

US HR 2992, 117th Congress becomes law