Category: Parents navigating the system
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June 19, 2026
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in Advocacy, Advocacy & Action, Bennett’s Story, Bring Bennett Home, British Columbia, Child Protection, Child welfare, Child Welfare & Protection, Child Welfare Reform, complex care, Disability and Justice, Disability Rights, family advocacy, Human Rights in Canada, Human Stories, Legal & Bureaucratic Barriers, Legal and Political Advocacy, Legal update, Letters and Responses, MCFD, MCFD / Government Accountability, MCFD Accountability, Parent Advocacy, Parent Voice, Parental Rights, Parents navigating the system, social justice, Special needs advocacy, Special needs parenting, System & Policy, Systemic Accountability, Systemic Failures, Systemic Failures in BC, systemic negligence, traumaFor seven years, I have loved this boy more than anything in this world. He came home to me on May 7. No finding of abuse. No finding of harm. The reason he was ever taken from me in the first place? I asked for support services. Since then, I’ve been quietly doing everything a…
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Survivable
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in Advocacy, Advocacy & Action, Autism, Autism & Complex Needs, Autism parenting, BC Legislation and Policy, Bennett’s Story, Bring Bennett Home, British Columbia, Caregiver & Parent Rights, Child Protection, Child welfare, Disability and Justice, Disability Rights, family advocacy, Family Seperation, Human Rights and Disability Justice, Human Rights in Canada, Human Stories, MCFD, MCFD / Government Accountability, MCFD Accountability, Motherhood & Resilience, Parent Advocacy, Parent Voice, Parental Rights, Parents navigating the system, social justice, Special needs advocacy, Special needs parenting, System & Policy, Systemic Accountability, Systemic Failures, traumaThere is a particular kind of exhaustion that comes from fighting a system that doesn’t acknowledge it’s fighting back. For months after Bennett went into care, that was my life. I was showing up — to visits, to phone calls, to meetings — and hitting walls I couldn’t see, couldn’t name, and couldn’t get anyone…
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Unable. Not Unwilling.
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in Advocacy, Autism & Complex Needs, Bennett’s Story, British Columbia, Child Protection, Child welfare, Child Welfare Reform, Disability and Justice, Disability Rights, family advocacy, Family Seperation, Human Rights and Disability Justice, Human Rights in Canada, Human Stories, MCFD, MCFD / Government Accountability, MCFD Accountability, Motherhood & Resilience, Parent Advocacy, Parent Voice, Parents navigating the system, Safety & Rights, social justice, Special needs advocacy, Special needs parenting, System & Policy, Systemic Accountability, Systemic Failures, systemic negligence, traumaDarian, a mother of seven-year-old Bennett, shares her struggles with the child welfare system that led to her son’s removal due to insufficient support instead of harm or neglect. Bennett has complex support needs, and despite Darian’s persistent efforts to secure appropriate resources, the system failed to provide them, resulting in his placement in out-of-home…
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Why a Special Needs Agreement Matters More Than It Sounds
February 21, 2026 If you’re new here, the short version is this: My son is in government care. The court did not sustain protection concerns. I am not trying to bring him home tomorrow. I am asking for a shift from a child protection file to a Special Needs Agreement — an SNA. That sounds…
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