Tag: unable not unwilling
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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…
Unsilenced 