It takes Mark Steidl about two hours from awakening for their nurse to get them ready to face the world, campaign as a disability and LGBT rights activist, work in technical support for a company that makes communication devices — and even, this summer, co-write an opera.Â
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![Amanda Papa, 33, of Coraopolis, was arrested during a mental health crisis in 2018. “The whole thing could’ve just been stopped, and we [would] probably pay the therapist way less than these officers, these courts, all the staff, all the records — everything." (Photo by Jay Manning/PublicSource)](https://i0.wp.com/www.publicsource.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/IMG_0248.jpg?fit=800%2C533&ssl=1)
