Is There Justice in Quebec? Special Needs Children Taken From Home.
By Anne Dachel
Last month, I watched this video from Canadian TV.
It was a story about the mother of four adopted special needs children living in Quebec. Two of them were suddenly taken from her by Youth Protective Services.
News anchor: "They have serious medical conditions and the mother fears that while she fights to get them back, their condition is deteriorating."
It seems that because this is an ongoing case, CTV can't show us their faces or tell us their names, but the video tells their story. The single mom, who has a masters degree in special education, adopted four children with disabilities whose ages range from seven to 23.
Mother: "They mean everything to me. They're my life."
Reporter: "Each child was adopted as a baby. ...The oldest and the youngest, ... both have autism and Down Syndrome."
Their doctor, Barry Breger: "She's completely dedicated to these children and I've said many times, she's an angel sent from heaven to take care of these children. She absolutely loves these children. They are her children."
Yet last September, authorities in Laurentians, the northern part of the province of Quebec, suddenly took two of her children into custody while they were at school.
Reporter: "The allegations against her come from a former helper: that she used excessive control, specifically, with regards to their dairy free, gluten free diet."
The mother went to court to get them back.
Her lawyer, Politimi Karounis: "Youth protection must makes a case in front of the court. It's up them to make the proof. What actually happens is, God forbid, Youth Protection sets their sights on you. You are guilty until you prove your innocence."
So for ten months, the mother has had only limited contact.
Youth Services Laurentians failed to contact the children's doctor to get his opinion on the quality of their care before they were seized.
Dr. Breger: "I was never asked by them for an interview to discuss my observations."
I made contact with the mom and learned more about what led to this situation. Since these two were her legal children, authorities were obligated to first seek out relatives willing to take care of them. This was not done. The children's grandmother told me personally that she would have been happy to have the children placed with her and her husband.
The mother told me about each of her children:
Son, 23, has lived with her since he was 5 weeks old and is Cambodian. He had 11 operations for urinary and other problems related to having Down Syndrome. He also has autism, a neurogenic bladder, and hydroneuphrosis. The mother describes him as "the happiest of souls and loves to go bike riding, swimming, roller blade and hiking in the summer. He loves to toboggan, ski and skate in the winter."
Daughter, 17, is also Cambodian. She has had 3 operations so far for her cleft pallet and hair lip. She will need 2 more surgeries. She is gifted in academics and has won many awards for her academic and sports abilities.
Daughter, 12, is Chinese and has been with her mother since she was 9 months old. She has had 5 operations including 3 spinal surgeries and a spinal fusion. She's described as "friendly and caring with everyone. She tries hard in everything she does. her smile and joy de vivre lights up a room!"
Son, 8, is Bulgarian in his background. He was abandoned at a Montreal Hospital at 4 weeks of age. His mom said, "He loves to play soccer, swim, and run around. He enjoys bike rides, walks, and playing on the jungle GYM. He is a very active and content child when given the security familiarity and routines he needs with his loving family around him. At school he excels in learning to speak and learning routines. he is a gentle soul and very kind to all!" He has autism and Down Syndrome as a result he has digestive issues and requires a special diet. He suffers from very low muscle tone like many kids with Down Syndrome and requires thyroid medication.
So what's the problem? Why is a devoted mother being subjected to this nightmare? How can the government of Quebec keep these children away from their mother when no charges have been made against her?
I asked the mother to elaborate on her situation.
Q: Which of your children were removed and why were you considered unfit only for two of them?
My 12 year old daughter and 8 year old son were removed at this time. My other 2 children live in Ontario with me now and are safe from Quebec Youth Protection. Ontario authorities see no problem with their care.
It is unclear to me why my children were taken away. The story is constantly changing in court. It seems to have to do with the opinions of 3 uneducated Dept. of Youth Protection workers in Quebec. Their assumptions are completely biased and are not based on any facts, as I was told by my lawyers.
Q: What have you done to get your children back?
Last September, I received a phone call at 4:30 pm informing me that my children had been taken at 2 pm from their school. They had no warrant so the couldn't come and take them from home, therefore they seized them at school. I was given no warning. Suddenly, my children were gone and there was nothing I could do about it.
We did have a few meetings with the DYP workers but they didn't give me information on how I could get my children back or elaborate on what I had done wrong. I have serious concern over what will happen to my son, 8, because he display severe signs of anxiety. I'm allowed 90 minute visits, two times a week at a hospital in Quebec. My eight year old clings to me, holds my hands, I've gotten reports that he displays extreme emotional outbursts when I'm not there.
I've gotten no official reports on how my two children are doing in school. I've had no meetings with teachers. I did contact school personnel, off the record, and I found out that there have been serious behavior changes in the kids along with weight loss. They did tell me that they were shocked to learn that the children had been taken.
I've had over a dozen court dates, where I go to Quebec, and listen in French to endless accusations attacking my character and the care I've given my children. They're ridiculous charges about pureeing their food, the color of the food, and the taste and smell of the food.
[The mother is an organic cook and much of the food is raw.]
I am allowed to come to Quebec to see them at their doctor visits every few weeks because they have multiple medical issues. The doctors have told that they're shocked and concerned that the children have been taken from their stable home environment. I've known these doctors for more than twelve years.
DYP tried to get my medical rights removed for my children which did not work. They do not want me talking to the doctors because they do not want to be accountable for the children's deterioration. They refuse to listen to anything that I have to say about my children's medical conditions.
I've been warned that during my visits, I can't tell the children that they'll ever be able to come home . It's been said that because I kept my children on a GFCF diet, I was depriving them of normal food. These people have no idea of the importance of diet for the heath of a disabled child.
Q: How are the children being cared for currently?
They are in foster care. I see them at checkups and their weight has been affected. They are living in two different foster homes and I'm not allowed to contact the foster parents.
Q: Why were your children removed while you were living in Quebec? Do you think this would have happened if you'd been living in Ontario?
Nothing is clear about why exactly they were taken. Quebec Youth Protection did contact officials on Ontario after I moved here to get custody of my seventeen year old daughter, but Ontario refused to send her back to Quebec. I was asked if the children had any bruises or if they lacked warm clothing, lacked a home, or lacked food. Because it was none of these reasons they were completely perplexed as to why they were ever removed.
Ontario professionals went on to say unless the children were in danger and the above reasons clearly witnessed, they would never be removed in Ontario! Rules are followed in Ontario.
Q: What contact have you had with your children?
I'm not allowed to know where my children are living or the names of the foster parents that have them. I am allowed to see my son, 8, twice a week for 90 minutes each time under strict supervision. I been allowed to see my daughter, 12, once a week for two hours, but unfortunately that has been suspended pending a review because I allowed my older daughter to also speak to her sister during a supervised 10 minute phone call. This was forbidden by Youth Protection and all phone calls and visitations have been stopped.
Q: You are now in Ontario, do you fear the provincial government here could take similar action with your remaining two children?
Ontario is very involved with my 2 older children and the attitude and involvement is one of caring. Authorities are extremely supportive for our family. One professional even had tears when she saw how exceptionally the children were cared for with diet, physical activity, and family time. Ontario does what is necessary to support families with children, teens and young adults with diverse needs.
The Ontario professionals I have seen thus far view families as an essential part of the team and the ONLY way to truly develop children's potential and overall wellness and stability life long.
Q: What do you think is behind the vindictive treatment you've received? Why is the government of Quebec going after you?
I've been on several boards and I've questioned the support for special needs kids. I've received front page coverage criticizing Youth Protective Services. And I'm English.
Q: How much more difficult is this because your case is being decided in Quebec?
The 3 DYP workers in Quebec are very angry because I moved to Ontario. Their bullying and intimidation of me and my family is far more limited because I am in Ontario now. In Ontario there is accountability and rules that must be followed. I feel safe living here also knowing that being English is not seen as undesirable or unwanted.
Q: Who has been assisting you?
Doctors, therapists, nurses, OPHQ (Government of Quebec for handicapped rights), (Protector du Citoyen), Julius Grey's office in Quebec for human rights, the Order of Nurses, Order of Social Work, family friends, and most importantly a strong faith in God, justice, and family/love being stronger than the hatred/discrimination we now feel and live with the 3 Youth Protection workers in the Laurentians.
Dr. Chantal Giguere, a pediatric otolaryngologist and surgeon (ear, nose and throat specialist) wrote a letter to my lawyer vouching for my care of the children, but the letter wasn't accepted in court in Quebec. She's been my children's doctor for 11 years and she's observed the deterioration in their conditions since they've been removed from my care. In her letter she wrote this about me she said, "She has always taken excellent care of all her children...I can assure you that [she] treated all her kids with equal gentleness, attention and care."
Q: What will happen next for you in your quest to get your children back?
Right now, I'm waiting. I'm setting things up here in my parents' home in Ontario. We have playroom for with a swing for my 8 year old and we're putting up a 13X22 foot swimming pool in the backyard.
I'll keep writing emails to social service officials in Quebec, although they've never responded to my previous ones. There are two or three petitions online calling for the return of the children. The next formal action will be on Sept 12, 2013 in Quebec when a hearing is scheduled for final arguments on the placement of the children. This is more of my agonizing wait. I fear their health will continue to deteriorate, especially because they're out of school for the summer.
Summary:
After extensive conversations with this woman, I can only say I am stunned by what's happened. She is an incredibly devoted mother, passionate about her children's care and happiness. She told me that she's won several awards, including Canada's top 40 under 40, a national award recognizing individuals for leadership and vision in education.
She also ran a preschool that included 40 percent of students with special needs. She created this school with an emphasis on inclusion and success and as result she received an international award, the Preschool Mainstream Award, from Exceptional Parent Magazine. She said that her school was covered in over 100 newspaper articles in Canada.
The mom told me about taking her children annually to Florida over the passed 12 years where her parents have a home. In 2011, she took the four children on a train ride across Canada to New Brunswick. Every year her kids go to camp and she's even gone as an aide.
Maybe the best way to look at this is from the perspective of the mother's 17 year old daughter who is still with her mother and who said, "I haven't done anything wrong, I just want to talk to my sister. It is our human right to speak to each other and we're being denied this for no reason... The focus in Laurentians isn't on bringing families together. Their focus is on breaking them apart."
This story was published at the same time news reports have exposed a huge health care scandal in the province of Quebec. The Quebec Globe and Mail ran the story, Intellectually handicapped 'neglected' in Quebec on June 5, 2013. It said, "Intellectually handicapped people in Quebec are among the most vulnerable and neglected groups in society and the government must do more to improve their care, according to provincial auditor Michel Samson.
"They often go undiagnosed for years, receiving inadequate services, according to the auditor's report released on Wednesday."
The Montreal Gazette had the story, Wait lists described as devastating for disabled children, families, on June 5, 2013
"An Ottawa mother made the heart-wrenching decision to leave her severely autistic son at a government office in April, and the head of a Montreal social services centre said the same thing could easily happen here.
"'We're lucky it doesn't happen more often here. It does happen that families leave a child at a hospital rather than our front door,' said Katherine Moxness director-general of West Montreal Readaptation Centre, which provides a range of services for 1,900 children who have intellectual or developmental disabilities, mostly autism spectrum disorders.
"Another 513 children are on a wait list that is two years long, Moxness said. And 175 of those are under age 5.
"They're waiting for basic services to help them acquire skills they need to integrate into society, which at that age means kindergarten, said Moxness, who welcomed Quebec's latest auditor-general report, made public Wednesday."
The mother I spoke to knows her special needs children are in the care of this system and she's very worried about what will happen to them. In a larger sense there's meaning here for all of us. Where is the concern for the children when the government can do what they've done to this mother?
These are the same people who will be in charge of today's disabled children when parents can no longer care for them as adults. Imagine how much worse the situation will be then. This is a system that's clearly broken.
A year ago, I discovered Mehdi's story. Mehdi is a prisoner of his own mind because he is heavily medicated in Risperdal and he is a prisoner of the Quebec youth protection services.
Medhi is a little boy aged 10. He was born in Quebec from an Algerian mother who is engineer and a father whose own goal is to destroy his wife through their son Medhi.
The story is very long to tell, but Mehdi’s mother and grand-mother have been fighting for since 2008 to have him back home.
When he was 2 years old, Mehdi had a speech delay which was transformed after some years to the diagnosis of autism. The mother never believed in this diagnosis after plenty of medical evaluations which do not correspond to autism. Unfortunately, with the help of Quebec youth protection services and the father, Medhi was heavily medicated and is now prisoner of his mind and ... of the Quebec youth services.
He could sing and talk when he was 4, he does not talk anymore at the age of 10 because of the heavy medication.
He was happy when living with his mother, he does not smile anymore.
You can see plenty of video from this child until the age of 4 when he lived with his mother :
At the swimming pool :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=676042285810453
Medhi playing :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=672721239475891&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi biking :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=672712819476733&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi does not want to go to school (after a week’s holiday spent with his mother... the father has the custody of Medhi and after he will let him go to the social services, he says he wants to die).
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671817139566301&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi wants to eat and open the fridge :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671810552900293&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi playing with his cousin :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671797209568294&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi playing with a puzzle
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671615552919793&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
How is Mehdi now?
From a smiling baby to a zombie...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=171202709740790
Summer 2010 : Mehdi is “frozen” because of Risperdal. He cried all the time after he was separated from his mother (and given to the father fist who left him after to the social services) and became very anxious. As a response, doctors gave him risperdal and restricted the visits of his mother (from 2 hours per week to one 30 minutes a month).
Summer 2010 : after 9 months in Risperdal, Mehdi lost his speech and became incontinent (he was not any more since the age of 2).
In the last slides, you can see how is Mehdi now.
This is the Facebook page of the mother : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soutien-à-lenfant-drogué-au-Risperdal-et-enlevé-à-sa-mère-par-le-DPJ/645774755503873
As a mother, I consider it’s a crime against this child!
As a mother, I consider that medication is for curing people not for destroying them.
As a mother, I consider that it is a great scandal that a child goes to school with heavily handicapped people although he has a normal intelligence. If he lost his speech, it’s because of Risperdal.
His mother and grand-mother are reliable persons who are ready to take him back home. Whatever the situation, it is absolutely inconceivable that doctors don’t let the child develop normally or improve his skills. Because of Risperdal, Mehdi cannot write or read. They consider him as a laboratory animal testing a medication on him.
What can we do now?
In whatever language, support the mother in a Facebook page!
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soutien-à-lenfant-drogué-au-Risperdal-et-enlevé-à-sa-mère-par-le-DPJ/645774755503873
And if you have experience in giving media coverage to this scandal, don’t hesitate to let her know!
video of Mehdi on youtube before and after medication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9T1HwjFNY
http://histoiredegregoire.over-blog.com/article-the-story-of-medhi-124403863.html
Il y a un an, j'ai découvert l'histoire de Mehdi. Mehdi est un prisonnier de son propre esprit parce qu'il est sous traitement lourd dans risperdal et il est prisonnier des services de protection de la jeunesse du Québec.
Medhi est un petit garçon âgé de 10. ans il est né à Québec à partir d'une mère algérienne, qui est ingénieur et un père dont le but est de détruire sa femme par le biais de leurs fils Medhi.
L' histoire est très long à raconter, mais mehdi la mère et grand-mère se battent depuis depuis 2008 pour le voir revenir à la maison.
Quand il avait 2 ans, Mehdi avait un retard de parole qui a été transformé après quelques années pour le diagnostic de l'autisme. La mère n'a jamais cru en ce diagnostic médical, après beaucoup d'évaluations qui ne correspondent pas à l'autisme. Malheureusement, avec l'aide des services de protection de la jeunesse du Québec et le père, Medhi était sous traitement lourd et est maintenant prisonnier de son esprit et... Des services à la jeunesse du Québec.
Il pouvait chanter et parler quand il avait 4 ans, il ne parle plus à l'âge de 10, en raison des médicaments.
Il était content quand on vit avec sa mère, il n'est pas sourire plus.
Vous pouvez voir plein de vidéo de cet enfant jusqu'à l'âge de 4 ans quand il vivait avec sa mère :
À la piscine :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=676042285810453
Medhi playing :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=672721239475891&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi biking :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=672712819476733&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi ne veut pas aller à l'école (après une semaine de vacances passé avec sa mère... Le Père a la garde de Medhi et après il va le laisser aller aux services sociaux, il dit qu'il veut mourir).
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671817139566301&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi veut manger et ouvrir le frigo :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671810552900293&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi de jouer avec son cousin :
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671797209568294&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Mehdi jouant avec un casse-tête
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=671615552919793&set=vb.645774755503873&type=2&theater
Comment va mehdi maintenant ?
À partir d'un bébé qui sourit à un zombie...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=171202709740790
Été 2010 : Mehdi est "gelé" à cause de risperdal. Il a pleuré tout le temps après qu'il ait été séparé de sa mère (et donné au père poing qui l'ont laissé après aux services sociaux) et est devenu très anxieux. En réponse, les médecins lui ont donné de risperdal et restreint les visites de sa mère (à partir de 2 heures par semaine à un 30 minutes par mois).
Été 2010 : après 9 mois de risperdal, Mehdi a perdu son discours et est devenu incontinent (il ne s'agissait plus depuis l'âge de 2 ans).
Dans la dernière diapositives, vous pouvez voir comment est Mehdi Maintenant.
C' est la page Facebook de la mère : https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soutien-%C3%A0-lenfant-drogu%C3%A9-au-Risperdal-et-enlev%C3%A9-%C3%A0-sa-m%C3%A8re-par-le-DPJ/645774755503873
En tant que mère, je considère que c'est un crime contre cette enfant !
En tant que mère, je considère que la médication est pour soigner les gens pas pour les détruire.
En tant que mère, je considère que c'est un grand scandale qu'un enfant va à l'école avec lourdement handicapés, même s'il a une intelligence normale. Si il a perdu son discours, c'est à cause de risperdal.
Sa mère et grand-mère sont fiables, les personnes qui sont prêtes à le ramener à la maison. Quelle que soit la situation, il est absolument inconcevable que les médecins ne laisse pas l'enfant de se développer normalement ou améliorer ses aptitudes. En raison de risperdal, Mehdi ne peut pas écrire ou lire. Ils le considéraient comme un laboratoire l'expérimentation animale un médicament sur lui.
Que pouvons-nous faire maintenant ?
Peu importe la langue dans laquelle le soutien de la mère dans une page Facebook !
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Soutien-%C3%A0-lenfant-drogu%C3%A9-au-Risperdal-et-enlev%C3%A9-%C3%A0-sa-m%C3%A8re-par-le-DPJ/645774755503873
Et si vous avez de l'expérience en donnant à la couverture médiatique à ce scandale, n'hésitez pas à lui faire savoir que !
Vidéo de Mehdi sur Youtube avant et après la médication https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gn9T1HwjFNY
http://histoiredegregoire.over-blog.com/article-the-story-o…
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They took my daughter, 9 years old when I came to visit my family in Montreal, QC. She was diagnosed in NY with a pain syndrome and an anxiety disorder by 7 doctors from 3 hospitals in NY, who put their heads together to figure out what was wrong.
They stated, the DPG, YOuth Protection agency, that she was being obstinant. They had closed the file 4 time previously, placing her with different family members and she had attacks of temporary paralysis.
As if that was not difficult enough to deal with, they lied about everything, accepted no American Proof, I had doctors call the Director of Youth Protection in Canada and they stated,I SHOULD KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT ABOUT HER BEING SICK, AND MAYBE I WOULD SEE HER AGAIN.
The caseworker and I did not get along. She lied about everything and they took her from me, it has been over a year. I was hospitalized for shock and I am still being treated. It was as if she had died. In the beginning they treated me like a criminal, I could only visit while they watched through a double mirror, one 15 minute phone call a week which they listened too and I was not allowed to ask her how she felt.
I went to court in order to try and protect her the judge added 7 months where she was placed with ill children who played with their feces, or could not keep their private parts in their pants. They even lied about where they placed her, told me I could see her when I wanted and she would attend the same school.
My daughter while in the foster home had an attack of paralysis and an ambulance was called and she was hospitalized. They lied and told me she was playing. She was not playing and hospitalized. THe woman who ran the foster home testified to that being the truth and that my daughter needed special care when bathing. They stopped all her medication and kept her in bed for hours where she snuck me a letter in her pictures that she was in extreme pain .
The judge ignored 3 PSYCHIATRIC LETTERS STATING I HAD NO MENTAL ILLNESSES, ALTHOUGH THEY STATED I HAD MANY. HE IGNORED ORDERS OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BEING BIPOLAR AND HYPERACTIVE. HAVING ALSO A FELONY CHARGE FOR SELLING STEROIDS AND NOT BEING ALLOWED IN THIS COUNTRY, AND BEING ARRESTED FOR NOT PAYING CHILD SUPPORT FOR OVER 5 YEARS.
Out of desperation I called the biological father who visited her all of 3 times, stole 24,000. from me, tried to kill my sister and is now marrying a woman with 4 children due to the fact that his history is being with woman until their money runs out. I think he hit the jack pot.
New York, CPS, put pressure on Youth Protection in Canada that they did not have the right to keep an American born child and they were ready to sue them.
They then took my lawyer away from me in court, ignored orders of protection from previous wifes, braught muscle-bound men to court as if I was going to beat her up. I am 5,4 and weigh now 115lbs. They changed all the documents to she wanted to live with the father and found reasons that my family could not keep her. Pages, and pages of lies. Even my Psychiatrist stated I was hospitalized for shock due the them taking my child that I raised since I gave birth. All her grades were outstanding.
Now the Biological father has her and is taking me to court in NY and I am being told that one judge usually does not undermine another and maybe after over a year of sheer hell, not being able to leave the apt, being put on medication, treated like a criminal and grieving constantly for my daughter , I might get lucky and have supervised visitation. The biological father also gave a sworn statement to the police and somehow managed to get an order of protection against me. This was due to me having to call him according the Youth Protection in Canada to get the information from him for NY.
I am now stuck in Canada, have lost my only daughter and cannot have anymore children and have not seen her in over a year. Just writing this is making me cry and my sister raised her like a second mother is not so well mentally since they took her. No one is and if I am to get supervised visitation-to be treated like a criminal again, I will not be able to see my father who is 80 years old and cardiac, which is why I came and signed a lease for only 6 months. My sister is not the same person she was, it has made her mentally ill and I am on medication to deal with all of this. If I move back to ny, WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD ANYMORE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER WHILE I AM BEING SUPERVISED AND LIVING THROUGHOUT THIS UNBELIEVABLE, NIGHTMARE, WILL NEVER SEE MY PARENTS AGAIN AND DO NOT KNOW IF MY SISTER WILL EVER BE NORMAL AGAIN.
NO ONE HELPED, I HAVE OVER 50 PAGES OF MEDICAL PROOF, REPORT CARDS..... AND CPS IN CANADA AND THE JUDGE IGNORED EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING DUE TO THEIR LIABILITY.
WHAT IS WORSE IS MY DAUGHTER IS THE ONE SUFFERING THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED..
[email protected]
The government is making over 70 million dollars doing this and an article was published in june in the Montreal Gazette. They are targeting emigrants, disabled women, single parents...
All of you in the same situation I am sorry for your pain, as well.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS MONEY MAKING INDUSTRY THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS USING TO DESTROY LOVING FAMILIES.
IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS I WAS TOLD OVER 500 CHILDREN WERE TAKEN.
PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS. IT IS UNIMAGINABLE THAT THEY CAN TAKE OUR CHILDREN BASED ON LIES AND WE HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR THIS. THEY SHOULD ALL BE PUT IN JAIL.
They took my daughter, 9 years old when I came to visit my family in Montreal, QC. She was diagnosed in NY with a pain syndrome and an anxiety disorder by 7 doctors from 3 hospitals in NY, who put their heads together to figure out what was wrong.
They stated, the DPG, YOuth Protection agency, that she was being obstinant. They had closed the file 4 time previously, placing her with different family members and she had attacks of temporary paralysis.
As if that was not difficult enough to deal with, they lied about everything, accepted no American Proof, I had doctors call the Director of Youth Protection in Canada and they stated,I SHOULD KEEP MY MOUTH SHUT ABOUT HER BEING SICK, AND MAYBE I WOULD SEE HER AGAIN.
The caseworker and I did not get along. She lied about everything and they took her from me, it has been over a year. I was hospitalized for shock and I am still being treated. It was as if she had died. In the beginning they treated me like a criminal, I could only visit while they watched through a double mirror, one 15 minute phone call a week which they listened too and I was not allowed to ask her how she felt.
I went to court in order to try and protect her the judge added 7 months where she was placed with ill children who played with their feces, or could not keep their private parts in their pants. They even lied about where they placed her, told me I could see her when I wanted and she would attend the same school.
My daughter while in the foster home had an attack of paralysis and an ambulance was called and she was hospitalized. They lied and told me she was playing. She was not playing and hospitalized. THe woman who ran the foster home testified to that being the truth and that my daughter needed special care when bathing. They stopped all her medication and kept her in bed for hours where she snuck me a letter in her pictures that she was in extreme pain .
The judge ignored 3 PSYCHIATRIC LETTERS STATING I HAD NO MENTAL ILLNESSES, ALTHOUGH THEY STATED I HAD MANY. HE IGNORED ORDERS OF PROTECTION AGAINST THE BIOLOGICAL FATHER, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, BEING BIPOLAR AND HYPERACTIVE. HAVING ALSO A FELONY CHARGE FOR SELLING STEROIDS AND NOT BEING ALLOWED IN THIS COUNTRY, AND BEING ARRESTED FOR NOT PAYING CHILD SUPPORT FOR OVER 5 YEARS.
Out of desperation I called the biological father who visited her all of 3 times, stole 24,000. from me, tried to kill my sister and is now marrying a woman with 4 children due to the fact that his history is being with woman until their money runs out. I think he hit the jack pot.
New York, CPS, put pressure on Youth Protection in Canada that they did not have the right to keep an American born child and they were ready to sue them.
They then took my lawyer away from me in court, ignored orders of protection from previous wifes, braught muscle-bound men to court as if I was going to beat her up. I am 5,4 and weigh now 115lbs. They changed all the documents to she wanted to live with the father and found reasons that my family could not keep her. Pages, and pages of lies. Even my Psychiatrist stated I was hospitalized for shock due the them taking my child that I raised since I gave birth. All her grades were outstanding.
Now the Biological father has her and is taking me to court in NY and I am being told that one judge usually does not undermine another and maybe after over a year of sheer hell, not being able to leave the apt, being put on medication, treated like a criminal and grieving constantly for my daughter , I might get lucky and have supervised visitation. The biological father also gave a sworn statement to the police and somehow managed to get an order of protection against me. This was due to me having to call him according the Youth Protection in Canada to get the information from him for NY.
I am now stuck in Canada, have lost my only daughter and cannot have anymore children and have not seen her in over a year. Just writing this is making me cry and my sister raised her like a second mother is not so well mentally since they took her. No one is and if I am to get supervised visitation-to be treated like a criminal again, I will not be able to see my father who is 80 years old and cardiac, which is why I came and signed a lease for only 6 months. My sister is not the same person she was, it has made her mentally ill and I am on medication to deal with all of this. If I move back to ny, WHICH I CANNOT AFFORD ANYMORE TO BE ABLE TO SEE HER WHILE I AM BEING SUPERVISED AND LIVING THROUGHOUT THIS UNBELIEVABLE, NIGHTMARE, WILL NEVER SEE MY PARENTS AGAIN AND DO NOT KNOW IF MY SISTER WILL EVER BE NORMAL AGAIN.
NO ONE HELPED, I HAVE OVER 50 PAGES OF MEDICAL PROOF, REPORT CARDS..... AND CPS IN CANADA AND THE JUDGE IGNORED EVERYTHING AND I MEAN EVERYTHING DUE TO THEIR LIABILITY.
WHAT IS WORSE IS MY DAUGHTER IS THE ONE SUFFERING THROUGHOUT ALL OF THIS.
ANY HELP WOULD BE APPRECIATED..
[email protected]
The government is making over 70 million dollars doing this and an article was published in june in the Montreal Gazette. They are targeting emigrants, disabled women, single parents...
All of you in the same situation I am sorry for your pain, as well.
SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT A STOP TO THIS MONEY MAKING INDUSTRY THAT THE GOVERNMENT IS USING TO DESTROY LOVING FAMILIES.
IN THE FIRST FEW MONTHS I WAS TOLD OVER 500 CHILDREN WERE TAKEN.
PLEASE HELP IN ANY WAY THAT YOU CAN. THE SUFFERING NEVER ENDS. IT IS UNIMAGINABLE THAT THEY CAN TAKE OUR CHILDREN BASED ON LIES AND WE HAVE TO PAY THEM FOR THIS. THEY SHOULD ALL BE PUT IN JAIL.
I am sorry for all of us suffering but we should band together and fight.
Posted by: CATHERINE HAMON | July 31, 2013 at 07:10 PM
SACRIFICE D’ENFANTS AU QUÉBEC, :
«Le Québec fou de ses enfants ».Il y a des enfants que l’on assassine froidement à l’arme blanche et les enfants que l’on assassine à petit feu, qui croupissent dans le couloir de la mort, des enfants pour qui toutes possibilités de venir en aide se heurtent aux explications macabres On ne peut rien faire, le dossier est devant le juge!.. «C ‘est comme ça que ça fonctionne» répétés ad nauseam par nos institutions, qui de la commission des droits de la personne, du protecteur du citoyen, nos élus, etc..
Dans la règle du jeu, de gros joueurs, certains psychiatres qui par allégeance, ou considérations partisanes à maintenir des standards artificiels pour la publication et l’obtention de fonds de recherche n’hésiteront pas à délivrer des « maladies à la carte, sur mandat du DPJ», sait-on jamais cela pourrait toujours servir la science!...: http://www.ageofautism.com/2010/03/fombonne-lord-leventhal-vs-children-with-autism.html, «c’est comment ça que ça marche au QG du Dr Éric Fombonne du MCH» :
Le parent escorté d’une intervenante du DPJ( Chantal Carmichael, spécialiste des appels déguisés après cour) se rend dans un immeuble désaffecté, rue Ste Catherine qui donne froid au dos. A l'entrée de l'immeuble se trouve un appariteur assis à une table dans l'obscurité, le parent est invité à décliner son identité et remplir un billet comme dans les régimes soviétiques, après approbation d'un organe de contrôle contacté au téléphone, le parent toujours escorté de l’intervenante du DPJ monte à l'étage supérieur, dans ce lugubre édifice, pas âme qui vive en dehors du Dr Fombonne, fin prêt au sacrifice d’enfants sur mandat express du DPJ,
l’intervenante du DPJ est entendue en premier sans la présence du parent protecteur , lors de l'examen clinique aucune information fournie par le parent, (je précise protecteur) n'est prise en considération, le diagnostic tombe sans appel à la première rencontre, le parent est invité à signer un papier d’une subvention de 160$/mois pour étiqueter l’enfant à la Régie des Rentes, des références pour bilans ultérieurs qui ne verront jamais le jour sont remises au parent, La job terminée, une lettre est adressée par le Dr Fombonne au parent ciblé, l’invitant à s’adresser désormais au médecin traitant de l’enfant qui se trouve être «un médecin de pédiatrie sociale»,
Le jour de l’audience à la chambre jeunesse, Dr Fombonne témoin expert du DPJ qui n’a jamais revu l’enfant viendra témoigner à la place de l’intervenante du DPJ pour retirer la garde au parent aimant protecteur et de ce fait même le DPJ qui a le fardeau de la preuve va se soustraire au témoignage et le tour est joué , le DPJ va tenter de faire signer une entente au parent ciblé : «de reconnaitre le diagnostic émis par le Dr Fombonne, de s'’engager à ne faire aucune autre évaluation pour confirmer le diagnostic du Dr Fombonne et de consentir au droits de garde fixés par le DPJ»
«Mission accomplie», le service après-vente du jugement de garde de la cour supérieure vient d’être assurée au mérite par l’intervenante du DPJ, sous l’œil inquisiteur de l’avocat du DPJ et l’enfant de l’enfant, pas d’arbitrage de juge!.. Je renvoie à ce titre à l’étude de la chercheuse de Marie Jacob ’’ Conflit de garde et DPJ’’ Ou il est démontré que bon nombre parents passent par le DPJ pour régler leur différent en matière de garde, pas nécessairement parce qu’il y a compromission d’enfant, qui «des mères invoquant l’abus sexuel et des pères des problèmes de développement »
'.http://www.barreau.qc.ca/pdf/journal/vol35/no14/regards.html.......................................... L’enfant pris en otage, commence alors la descente aux enfers du parent aimant, protecteur qui pensait candidement « qu’un jugement au Québec est force de loi» l’enfant quant à lui va sombrer dans les dédales du DPJ, médication forcée avec de puissants psychotropes, séparation d’avec la figure d’attachement, l’enfant va dépérir au fils du temps, L’intervenante Chantal Carmichael va disparaitre pendant un temps avant de se voir promue a un poste de superviseuse, le Dr Fombonne disparaitra dans la nature, année sabbatique indéterminée , l’enfant ira rejoindre le rang ‘’des orphelins de Duplessis’’..
Toutes tentatives de venir en aide à l’enfant sera vouée à l’échec, « Parole d’évangile, les gardiens du temple » ne voudront jamais perdre la face, pas d’évaluation indépendante pas d’hospitalisation, pas d’arrêt de la médication «c’est coulé dans le béton » Qu’importe la grave compromission de l’enfant les docteurs ‘’MABUSE’’ archétype de génie de l'horreur et du crime, se dissimulent sous de multiples visages et personnalités, ils trouveront toujours quelqu'un pour ré-endosser leur destruction et perpétuer le génie du mal(dans ce cas-ci un octogénaire de l’hôpital Ste Justine QG du DPJ , le psychiatre Michel Lemay) . On peut même finalement en déduire que ‘’Mabuse’’ ne serait que l'expression d'un esprit du mal nécessaire à la société, son but n'est pas de conquérir le monde et de le soumettre, mais bien de le détruire et ne régner que sur ses ruines.
Viendra alors la Commission Charbonneau / le grand épisode « DES CHIFFRES ET DES LETTRES », Le juge Michel Déziel éclaboussé à la commission Charbonneau : Ce juge du district de Laval avait été appelé expressément à statuer dans le dossier de l’enfant au palais de justice de Montréal, suite introduction d’un appel art. 100 sur décision rendue par la chambre de la jeunesse, ultime tentative de venir en aide à l’enfant qui avait perdu ‘’ l’usage du langage’’,
Ce juge, de connivence avec le DPJ qui s’était précipité a introduire une requête incidente pour faire déclarer la mère ‘’quérulente’’ et bloquer l’appel de son enfant, a condamné cette mère sur un faux en l’absence de factures a des frais d' honoraires d’avocats fictifs avec dommages-intérêts, d’un montant de 20.000$, au vu d'une simple lettre frauduleuse d’un avocat de la partie adverse sorti du dossier de garde depuis des lustres , des sommes non identifiés, référant à priori aux dates de procédures de la garde d’enfant (jugements intérimaires de garde de la juge Nicole Benard, J.C.S, de la juge Danielle Grenier J.C.S. et jugement final du juge Herbert Marx J.C.S, ayant statué respectivement sur la garde,) ont été prises au hasard dans cette lettre.
Jugement circonstancié a été rendu par le juge Michel Déziel pour bâillonner cette mère selon la loi 9 du nouveau code de procédure et bloquer l’appel de son enfant, Un petit enfant qui aurait pu hélas être sauver dès 2010 avec recommandations expresses de spécialistes au dossier, psychologues, pédopsychiatre, milieux scolaire, CLSC signalant la détérioration extrême de l’enfant et l’urgence à intervenir avant qu’il ne soit trop tard , un enfant dont l’avenir est présentement hypothéqué a jamais Ce jugement fallacieux fait malheureusement l’objet de jurisprudence.......NB. .le Barreau saisi à cet effet pour réclamer les factures mystérieuses des frais d'honoraires à l’avocat en question, Me Guy Ste Marie, cabinet Gurkin a Longueuil, Affaire classée sans suite !... «c’est comme ça que ça fonctionne», répétés ad nauseam PAR LES GARDIENS DU TEMPLE DE DROITS ET LIBERTÉS!...
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1381679652048189&set=a.1381679522048202.1073741828.100006185013619&type=1&theater
Fombonne, Lord, Leventhal vs. Children with Autism - AGE OF AUTISM
www.ageofautism.com
By Katie Wright What kind of human being makes money by testifying against disab...
Posted by: aline | July 28, 2013 at 08:52 AM
Is the Direction of the Quebec youth protection a State in the State? Use the duty of confidentiality (the law of omerta) to not be justified? Have a crazy guard? A supervisory authority? Non- and it is an open door to all overflows: abusive withdrawals of children from their families for a simple delay of language, as this small Mehdi. Deprived of his mother and the Risperdal drug, it is mentally dying. Do not confuse developmental stage and age requirement. A child should always be maintained in his family when simple educational measures are sufficient. This child is shattered by the D.P.J., medicated oversimplification to reduce it to the law of silence.
The DPJ is judge and party? Here, any parental weakness becomes an opportunity to fly an additional child.The mother of Mehdi sees only half an hour per month while the latter the claims and suffers but the DPJ decided otherwise but why? Why deprive a child of a mother loving?
Let us not forget that Einstein, the most famous Dyslexic did not speak before the age of 3 years. And yet it has developed the theory of relativity by visualizing riding on a beam of light...
Children are not all the same stages of development at the same age. There are averages and deviations like Einstein. But all need their imperfect like you, like me, but loving parents.
Fortunately, "the establishment of the Tribunal is a gift of hope to future generations and a giant step in the progression towards universal human rights and the rule of law."
Kofi Annan, Secretary-General of the United Nations
Campidoglio, Rome
July 18, 1998
Let us not forget the children of the Earth are yours, mine, ours. It is our duty to adult to protect them. They are our future, our humanity. Without them we are nothing, without us they can do nothing. Then all sign this petition to give them the right to exist, to give them a chance to be children of their parents and not these disbelievers!
Lorraine Dey
Find on Youtube "Childhood thieves"
http://www.change.org/fr/p%C3%A9titions/ouvrir-une-enqu%C3%AAte-publique-sur-la-dpj-au-qu%C3%A9bec
Posted by: aline | July 27, 2013 at 08:54 PM
Bonjour, Aline. Je m'excuse mais nous ne parlons pas beaucoup de francais. Avez vous une translation s'il vous plait? Merci.
Posted by: Stagmom | July 27, 2013 at 08:18 PM
Au Québec un petit enfant pris en otage par la direction de la protection de la jeunesse, mis sous risperdal depuis l'age de 4 ans et demi et séparé de sa sa mere est entrain de mourrir psychologiquement au su des personne en autorité, l'air des Orphelins de Duplessis se poursuit avec les enfants DPJ voir le lien, d'un bref historique de cete histoire d'horreur...
http://particitoyenduquebec.blogspot.ca/2013/02/la-dpj-pire-que-les-orphelins-de.html
Posted by: aline | July 27, 2013 at 08:10 PM
Nous sommes un groupe de défense a l’enfance au Québec, un petit enfant est pris dans une nébuleuse par le DPJ et on craint sérieusement pour son intégrité physique et psychique, SVP, veuillez signer la pétition en ligne, merci http://www.change.org/fr/p%C3%A9titions/ouvrir-une-enqu%C3%AAte-publique-sur-la-dpj-au-qu%C3%A9bec
Posted by: aline | July 27, 2013 at 07:59 PM
This family is fortunate to get such wonderful assistance from the CAS workers in Ontario. However, the the majority of CAS workers in Ontario are just as disgusting as Quebec. The mother has the misconception that she is safe here....not so. Children are taken daily in the same way they took hers. No rhyme or reason for doing so except the dollars they bring in and the security of their jobs. I wish her all the luck in the world that she gets these children back. Been there in Ontario.
Posted by: Cappuccinp | July 06, 2013 at 09:22 PM
Whats transpiring at these SOCIAL SERVICE agencies is nothing more than HUMAN << CHILD >> TRAFFICKING........
A vulenrable, innocent, fragile and helpless CHILD is found by the INTAKE DEPARTMENTS of the agencies. The case is referred to the PROGRAM DIRECTOR (who oversees the social worker in the file), - the decision is taken to SNATCH THE CHILD (without any evidence of maltreatment, abuse, harm or neglect whatsoever).
Once in the system THE SOCIAL SERVICES AGENCY then begins a campaign of "character assassination" of one of the parents, who they BLAME for the CHILD'S << IMAGINARY HARMFUL SITUATION >> (the situation that NEVER EXISTED from the start, - but which situation SOCIAL SERVICES CREATES THROUGH THE ACT OF PSYCHOPSEMA).
The children, parents and entire family is soon SUBJECTED TO HORRENDOUS and ONGOING psychological, verbal, at times physical ABUSE, DEGRADATION, SLANDEROUS ACCUSATIONS, - in short, the family begins to live a life of PURE HELL..... which is inflicted upon the family by social services - WHO CARE LESS ABOUT THE ""BEST INTERESTS OF THE CHILD"", but only look at the $$ MONEY $$ THAT THEY START RECEIVING FROM THE GOVERNMENT - this for the CHILD THEY ARBITRARILY SEIZED FROM THE FAMILY.
In the end, or until the government starts << LOCKING UP IN PRISON the very Program managers, Youth Protection Directors, Chairman of the Board and EXECUTIVE DIRECTORS and everyone else responsible for what happend..... ""THIS STATE OF INSANITY WILL CONTINUE"".
https://www.change.org/petitions/petition-for-merriam-webster-dictionary-to-add-the-word-psychopsema-to-its-listings
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Posted by: Concerned Citizen | July 06, 2013 at 08:29 PM
reading this article it is obvious that the DYP workers hate the mother and have no idea of how to work with differently abled children as their mother does who has a Masters degree in special ed.
I was led to believe that social services supported families and worked with them clearly these 3 DYP workers do not
Posted by: Ellie Ferris | July 05, 2013 at 04:17 PM
@ C. Smith,
I'm glad that you are speaking up for these two kids. May I also request you speak up to your own Gov't in Germany and ask them to stop harassing the homeschooling family, who had to escape to the U.S. because they too wanted to raise their family, according to their own conscience. Germany is being the same way toward homeschoolers as Quebec Dept of Youth Services is being towards parents who are trying to give their kids the most health foods.
Thank you in advance.
Posted by: ASDFatherPA | July 04, 2013 at 07:29 PM
I am truly sorry for what you are going through Pam. Cheryl has been keeping me in the loop. Please let me know how I can help. Children are everything to us.Loosing a child is the ultimate worse but having them taken from you is just as bad.
Posted by: Dianne | July 04, 2013 at 08:46 AM
Many greetings from Germany,
I have read in our media in Germany about this rude kidnapping of the two children by Canadian authorities - and I'm shocked about this kind of unhuman being in a state like Canada! I appologize - give the children back to their mom (who has adoptated them) that they have a good and loveful life and not have to live in one of Canadian Children-jails!
This practice of so called youth protecting services is only one thing: ASOCIAL!
I'm shocked about this and my picture of the human state of Canada was in only five minutes (reading the article and watching the story in German news) changing.
Canadian authorities, be good and give the children back!
Posted by: C. Smith | July 04, 2013 at 08:19 AM
i knew her children, i went to school with them. this is utter b.s
Posted by: anon | July 04, 2013 at 12:09 AM
http://m.facebook.com/profile.php?id=599355380082163&_mn_=11
Here is the facebook page that you all can go to to find out more about this story and keep up to date with the situation of the family. Please share with everybody you know!!!!
Posted by: CF | July 03, 2013 at 08:29 PM
This is just outrageous and there is no justice for this woman. You have to wonder why social services the gov't are doing this to her. And what a terrible time for the children. Not only not getting proper medical and dietary intervention, they must be devastated psychologically. I cannot imagine this happening to me. It's happening more and more, in the US too.
Maurine
Posted by: oy vey, oy vey | July 03, 2013 at 06:31 PM
Please post the address of the online petitions so we can sign them!
Posted by: Bob | July 03, 2013 at 06:14 PM
Ou est cette maison, Debbie?
Posted by: S'il vous plait | July 03, 2013 at 05:31 PM
Wouldn't it be nice to sue the Youth Protective Services for child endangerment due to forcing children to eat foods that make them ill? I hope she does.
Posted by: Heidi N | July 03, 2013 at 05:13 PM
I do not understand what is going on!
My son is living in a group home service in Chateauguay Que.
He has allergies to 18 different foods,is on a gulten ,diary,soy free diet and they follow it to the letter and never give me a hard time.
Posted by: debbie | July 03, 2013 at 04:11 PM
Oops Cindy I didn't see your post as I'm doing this on my phone.
Posted by: Carter's Daddy | July 03, 2013 at 03:19 PM
Carter's mommy grew up in Quebec. She grew up there an Anglophone. Her parents were from B.C. From all I have heard from them and other things in the news over the years tells me the government there is very backward. They do tend to discriminate against the English language. They violate federal and international language laws doing so. They have other strange ideas. It doesn't matter whether it's a separatist government or a federalist one, between which they oscillate regularly, the effect on the main is just like this.
Posted by: Carter's Daddy | July 03, 2013 at 12:28 PM
Is there justice in Quebec? I'll answer with a similar query with the following cases which follow across Canada:
Is there justice in British Columbia? There a single father, Derek Hoare, of 3 children (2 with Autism) has had one removed for more than 2 years - his daughter Ayn van Dyk- "to lighten his load" and although ministry reveals no child protection issues exist.
Is there justice in Alberta? Samantha Martin, born with a rare chromosome disorder (Tetrasomy 18p Syndrome) and Autism was moved out of home to achieve access to required medical supports through government funding otherwise unavailable to natural family. However, was not presented to a physician for a period of 3 years, nor did a caseworker visit for over a year to check upon the child. Samantha had been viewed on her 3rd birthday by medical professionals who suspected a seizure disorder existed and advised investigation of symptoms. In fact, throughout her life other authorities raised similar concern, but the placement opted not to seek consultation and social-worker simply assumed intervention was sought so did not follow through to ensure the child received appropriate medical follow-through. Samantha died at the age of 13 years from cardiac arrest.
Is there justice in Ontario? Where the Provincial Ombudsman has written a report, "Between a Rock and a Hard Place" to highlight the crisis faced by hundreds of families of children with disability such as Autism who are being forced to surrender custody in order to access necessary supports. See the case of Anne Larcade and son, Alexandre, who fought back with a Class Action Law suit.
Is there justice in Nova Scotia? There, Maurina Beadle, is challenging the government to adhere to its own Policy - Jordan's Principle - to provide medical care for her son, Jeremy who has special needs. Jurisdictional dispute regards to level of government responsible for payment for medical care of a First Nations child must not be at the expense of health.
Across Canada, there has been no such thing as justice or accountability towards infringement of basic human rights and the Charter. How do I know? I am the mother of the deceased child mentioned; my daughter's legacy is SAMANTHA'S LAW: http://www.albertaprimetime.com/Stories.aspx?pd=4894
The Child, Youth and Family Act of Alberta now indicates that families must not be coerced into relinquishing custody in order to receive required medical services; supports must be offered directly in-home to families. Legislation must be developed Nationally to better secure the needs of individuals with diversity and loving families.
Sincerely,
Velvet Martin,
Spokesperson for Protecting Canadian Children
http://www.protectingcanadianchildren.ca/
Founder of SAMANTHA'S LAW
International Day of persons with disability, December 3rd: Celebrating the life of Samantha Lauren Martin, June 4th 1993 - December 3rd 2006.
Posted by: Velvet Martin | July 03, 2013 at 11:46 AM
What can we do? How can we protest this? There needs to be an outcry.
Posted by: Twyla | July 03, 2013 at 10:45 AM
If these children were returned by their kidnappers today, even if given assurances that this would never happen again, they would all, the ones at home as well as the 2 taken, be traumatized and severely emotionally compromised, for life. Very disturbing to realize that no one is willing or able to help them.
Posted by: Linda | July 03, 2013 at 09:55 AM
the problem of child protective services kidnapping children seems to becoming more prevalent around the globe. Read this story about a case in Georgia. Also read the first comment by a former CPS worker about corruption in the system.
The Corrupt Business of Child Protection Services | How Child Protective Services Biys and Sells Our Children
http://protectingourchildrenfrombeingsold.wordpress.com/about/the-corrupt-business-of-child-protection-services/
here's another case involving CPS in California...
"In the best interest of the child" - Autism and a mother's fight against CPS" by Tiffany Pritchett
Read more: http://www.autismsupportnetwork.com/news/mothers-fight-her-life-cps-and-autism-28893201#ixzz2XzSYOPQT
and yet another case in Canada...
Child with Autism taken by Authorities Remain in Custody
http://www.autismkey.com/child-with-autism-taken-by-authorities-ayn-van-dyk/
Posted by: Sarah | July 03, 2013 at 09:54 AM
I lived in Quebec for the first 22 years of my life. I can vouch for the fact that if you are English you are not accepted. The Quebec government has a completely different approach to their inhabitants than any other province. I was so pleased that I was able to move to Ontario. Now that I know of this story I am so glad my 8 year old son with autism is protected from such a terribly run province! The sad thing is that services in Ontario aren't that great either. Long waits for ABA and then very little therapy is given before discharge. Canada doesn't count how many children with autism there are. They always quote the numbers from the CDC. When the government doesn't know of the impact of autism how can they provide services for them?
Posted by: Cindy Puddephatt | July 03, 2013 at 09:42 AM
this looks like a set up to see what DYP can get away with, as far as how much they can trampling on parental rights. This mother was an easy target. four adopted special needs kids. This case amounts to government kidnapping children from their parents and then hiding behind the law. This should be a wake up call for all of us. very scary
Posted by: Sarah | July 03, 2013 at 09:38 AM
I would just like to comment of this situation!! I have known these kids and mother a long time, as her daughter went to school with my son!! They were very happy children, until recently!! Graduation from grade 6 is a big thing!! She had no one there with her!! Sad as it could have been, all the other children had there family and friends there!! This poor soul, looking for someone!! Broke my heart!! These children, were always taken good care of, food, clothing, friends!! They went to camp in the summer!! No they are not allowed!! I think this is just plain ignorance and feel very strong in this matter as I have mentioned I have seen these children grow!! They should both be returned to the mother and family!! This is just criminal as its causes more problems to the children then they know!!! Return these children now, to where they belong!!
Posted by: Jennifer | July 03, 2013 at 09:28 AM
Orwell predicted all of this . and its all coming true .
Governments must be resisted and vigourously pushed back .
I know of a case where a parent fully recovered an autistic child and the UK government tried to abduct the child from its biological parents because of dubious medical practices.
Fortunately the authorities lost in an open court , although as we all know only too well here in the UK , the judiciary cannot be relied upon to not be swayed by government interests . The West is very sick , sick at the top , and needs reforming , Pharma is very sick and needs to be broken up . From the US to the EU to Australia the Pharma disease has infected the whole of the developed world and is trying to infect the rest now .
Posted by: White Rose | July 03, 2013 at 06:02 AM