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Autistic teenager has mental health meltdown at apartment, Chicago IL

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E 40th St, Chicago, IL 60653

According to the dispatch call, a 15-year-old autistic and ADHD teenager had a meltdown, screaming and refusing to go to school at an apartment near East 40th Street. The mother was unable to calm him. Fire and ambulance units were dispatched.

Audio|Heard on: Chicago Police Department Zone 07
Listen to dispatch call
01:44
Transcript:
00:00
We've got a mental health disturbance near East 40th Street.
00:03
Apartment 4 on the 4th floor.
00:08
The son, 15,
00:10
having a meltdown, suffers from autism, ADHD, screaming and yelling, refusing to go to school.
00:16
He's been unable to calm them down.
00:19
Looks like fire is going to.
00:23
Ambulance 57, and Engine 45 is on the way over there.
00:27
Good morning, I'm sorry.
00:31
Two on five.
00:34
Okay.
00:36
I don't know if she's coming out.
00:38
She was rambling.
00:45
Oh, wait a second.
00:50
Are you CIT[1] trained, right?
00:54
Negative. I like advice.
00:57
Um,
00:58
okay.
01:07
Well, I copy the advice, however, if there's anybody CIT[1] trying to go with 212, just in case near 40th Street.
01:16
So I'm a mental disturbance.
01:17
2.23, I'm not CIT[1], but I'll go with 212.
01:27
Okay, 2224-2-2-24.
01:32
It's a 15-year-old,
01:35
autistic,
01:37
ADHD, screaming and yelling, giving the mother a problem.
01:39
And fire's on the way over there, too.
01:44
Okay.
Police codes explained
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[1]
CIT: Crisis Intervention Team (mental health-related call)

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E 40th St, Chicago, IL 60653

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