- 1. Class action seeks to end illegal and abusive restraints and seclusion practices used against children with disabilities in California ...
- (Uncategorised)
- ... with disabilities and their parents and guardians filed a class action lawsuit Monday against the California Department of Education (CDE), directors of the Contra Costa County Office of Education, and ...
- Created on 15 May 2019
- 2. "Rally to reunite Colleen, Kirsten and "Kerrry 2" Stolen by DoCS! Repeal All Child Protection and Forced Adoption Laws! Support Women's and People with Disabilities' Right to Choose! Justice for All ...
- (Rallies / Meetings / Protests)
- ... as Kirsten, is of Aboriginal descent; both have disabilities, and are struggling to overcome poverty. NSW Department of Human Services did this to ‘Kerry 2’, Kirsten and Colleen on the basis of Kirsten’s ...
- Created on 25 January 2013
- 3. Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities ...
- (Uncategorised)
- Article 4 General obligations States Parties undertake to ensure and promote the full realization of all human rights and fundamental freedoms for all persons with disabilities without ...
- Created on 03 November 2010
- 4. Left hungry and too cold to go to school: Urgent review of children in care
- (Child Protection NSW media and newspaper articles)
- ... with disabilities and children and young people in out-of-home care. “Our purpose is to enable the people we support and their communities to achieve what is important to them. What matters to them matters ...
- Created on 28 November 2022
- 5. OHRC policy statement on COVID-19 vaccine mandates and proof of vaccine certificates
- (Canada Smashing Human Rights)
- ... to adaptive technology, including for smart phone users with disabilities, in accordance with Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act regulations. COVID testing as an alternative to vaccine ...
- Created on 11 October 2021
- 6. More than 60,000 Australians are touched by state control
- (Australian public guardian corruption)
- ... For the full series, go here. Some readers may find aspects of this article distressing. Across Australia, tens of thousands of people — most elderly, some living with disabilities — have aspects ...
- Created on 22 September 2021
- 7. COVID-19 vaccinations and federal discrimination law
- (Covid)
- ... includes past, present and future disabilities, as well as imputed disabilities. A strict rule or condition that mandates COVID-19 vaccinations for all staff, including people with certain disabilities, ...
- Created on 14 September 2021
- 8. 'One disaster after another': How a family court judge failed families
- (Family Law Courts)
- ... y chance of obtaining custody was lost that day, Jeffrey McKale added. “It was a circus,” he said. “She made our lives miserable.” Their youngest grandson, 7, has developmental disabilities and remai ...
- Created on 31 July 2021
- 9. Fully vaccinated individuals are testing positive for covid - more examples emerge
- (Covid Vaccine Efficacy)
- ... health of citizens; to the education of children and young people; to people with disabilities; to new entrants to the workforce; and to the spontaneous personal connections from which innovation and enterprise ...
- Created on 15 May 2021
- 10. Facemasks in the COVID-19 era: A health hypothesis
- (Covid and Face Masks)
- ... disorders, developmental disabilities, hearing problems, those living in hot and humid environments, children and patients with respiratory conditions are at significant health risk for complications and ...
- Created on 22 November 2020
- 11. Online safety advocate jailed for child sex offences
- (Paedophiles in the system)
- ... nt late-night brawl SA man missing for almost three weeks "Despite your disabilities, you knew your behaviour was unacceptable." Russell will be eligible for parole in November 2020. So ...
- Created on 24 February 2020
- 12. Tasmanian Guardianship Administration Board and the abuse of Maria Cecylia Borkowski
- (Guardianship)
- ... ision-making disabilities. The Board consists of the President, who is a legal practitioner, and a number of members from legal, medical, accounting and community backgrounds. Members of the Board should ...
- Created on 21 January 2020
- 13. Abuse and violence in relationships
- (Child protection propaganda)
- ... in the US. How many of these children had neuro-developmental disorders and should never have been in prison in the first place? How many will have come through the Care system without their disabilitie ...
- Created on 24 December 2019
- 14. Six young Australians a day forced into nursing homes
- (Australian public guardian corruption)
- ... people who have lifelong disabilities, life-limiting illnesses or who acquire disabilities as a result of traumatic injuries. Counsel assisting the commission, Peter Rozen, characterised the group as ...
- Created on 09 September 2019
- 15. Up to eighty children adopted to two parents and then abused - POUND PUP LEGACY
- (Adoption Horror Stories)
- ... f Date: 2005-09-01 Placement type: Adoption Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Non-lethal deprivation Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother Disabilities: yes Home schooling: y ...
- Created on 05 August 2019
- 16. Petition - Human rights for clients of Qld's Public Trustee and Public Guardian
- (Guardianship Petitions)
- ... of Persons with Disabilities and the Australian Commonwealth Disability Discrimination Act. That Queensland Civil and Administrative Tribunal, the Public Trustee and the Office of the Public Guardian ...
- Created on 21 July 2019
- 17. Children suffering deprevation while in child placement
- (Uncategorised)
- ... Date: 2005-09-01 Placement type: Adoption Type of abuse: Non-lethal physical abuse, Non-lethal deprivation Abuser: Adoptive father, Adoptive mother Disabilities: yes Home schooling: ye ...
- Created on 19 July 2019
- 18. Aboriginal woman wins battle to keep baby after six court appearances
- (Uncategorised)
- ... with disabilities are having their children removed solely because of prejudice, systemic racism or failure of the system,” he said. The department said it was unable to comment on individual cases. ...
- Created on 18 July 2019
- 19. Lawsuit challenges use of restraint, seclusion in California special education school
- (Child Protection Lawsuits)
- ... I. Marchus School, operated by the Contra Costa County Office of Education. The public school offers special education services and integrated counseling to 85 children with emotional and behavioral disabilities. ...
- Created on 20 May 2019
- 20. The Mormon church has been accused of hiding abuse using a hotline
- (Uncategorised)
- Helen W. wasn’t born a Mormon, but she embraced the religion when she was 17 and it embraced her back. When her son Alex was born with a heart defect and developmental disabilities, it was the Mormon ...
- Created on 04 May 2019
- 21. “No one at Social Services takes kids away without good reason.” - Lia King
- (Advocates)
- ... disabilities separated from loving families and institutionalized in foster custody: Samantha’s Law; my child’s legacy: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=G9nlSwiPfwc I take issue with persons who minimiz ...
- Created on 26 April 2019
- 22. Melatonin as a master regulator of cell death and inflammation: molecular mechanisms and clinical implications for newborn care
- (Covid Health Resources)
- Melatonin, more commonly known as the sleep hormone, is mainly secreted by the pineal gland in dark conditions and regulates the circadian rhythm of the organism. Its intrinsic properties, including ...
- Created on 08 April 2019
- 23. Penny-pinching, raking in huge fees: public trustees under scrutiny
- (Guardianship)
- ... says the system is “still very much entrenched in long-held assumptions about the capacity of people with disabilities to make decisions about their own lives”. These preconceived notions mean ...
- Created on 03 February 2019
- 24. Over a quarter of adoptive families in crisis, survey shows
- (Adoption)
- ... over the age of one, siblings and children with disabilities, who have been taken into care. Many have suffered trauma, neglect and abuse which can result in a range of complex developmental and psych ...
- Created on 26 September 2017
- 25. Disability abuse royal commission rejected
- (Royal Commissions)
- The Turnbull government has flatly rejected fresh calls from Labor for a royal commission into violence and abuse against people with disabilities. Opposition Leader Bill Shorten pitched the inquiry ...
- Created on 29 May 2017
- 26. Media coverage of Barnevernet scandals is working well. Norway is making a volt-face.
- (Norwegian child protection (Barnevernet))
- ... not leave Norway and lost their children as a result. The available data reveal that every year about 200 children are taken away from parents with learning disabilities or mild mental retardation. ...
- Created on 21 April 2017
- 27. Top disability services provider Lifestyle Solutions investigated over series of deaths
- (Children in residential care facilities Australia)
- ... disabilities in its accommodation have suffered physical and sexual assault, and others have been hospitalised as a result of serious medication errors. Do you know more? Email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..a ...
- Created on 27 March 2017
- 28. Brian Clare’s Story and Operation Rose
- (Uncategorised)
- ... l disabilities in addition to responsibilities of child care and protection. For the record, South Tyneside was one of the first authorities to create a children’s department within the structure of t ...
- Created on 30 January 2017
- 29. Unions wary of NDIS impact on staff’s conditions and clients’ futures
- (National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS))
- ... often looks after people with acute and challenging disabilities, as well as providing respite. He said there is a concern about cost changes when it is cut, as well as fears some clients may end up ...
- Created on 22 January 2017
- 30. Disabled man sexually abused multiple times in state-funded facility
- (Disability abuse)
- ... said. "Autism Plus have enjoyed a very positive relationship for many years with the Thomas family, and continue to work closely with them." Kevin Stone, from VALID, an organisation for adults with in ...
- Created on 12 December 2016
- 31. Child Safety sibling case drags on for three years
- (Child Protection Queensland media and newspaper articles)
- ... mother and cared for by their aunt for most of their life, due to concerns over the mother’s ability to parent, given their disabilities and behavioural challenges. Despite initially asking the court ...
- Created on 11 November 2016
- 32. Rotten Borough - The Antidote to local authority websites
- (UK public guardian corruption)
- ... l contributor. J.K. Andrews - Leigh, Lancashire. An 83-year-old woman has multiple disabilities, is unable to communicate and lives in a nursing home. Her son complains about the standard of medic ...
- Created on 06 November 2016
- 33. 2,600 dead within weeks after declared fit for work by Centrelink
- (Crimes Against Humanity)
- ... assessment process is being blamed. It is based on a table that lists a number of possible disabilities that might show a degree of incapacity to work. This is further refined through a number of sub-categories ...
- Created on 03 September 2016
- 34. A thousand allegations of abuse for just 18 prosecutions, NSW Ombudsman reveals
- (Child protection statistics)
- More than 1000 incidents of abuse and neglect of people with disabilities have been reported to the state government in the past two years, the NSW Ombudsman has revealed, but only a tiny fraction have ...
- Created on 31 August 2016
- 35. Dear Docs
- (Child Protection)
- ... e they're "no longer your problem". I'm yet to speak to a single person who received an aftercare plan that didn't come with a loophole. What about your foster carers? Those who care for children w ...
- Created on 06 June 2016
- 36. Disability bar to parenting unfair
- (Disability abuse)
- ... in a wheelchair.” There were struggles but she raised six children – the eldest is in Vietnam on a teaching scholarship. She says she is “proof positive” that parents with disabilities can be a success ...
- Created on 17 April 2016
- 37. Gambling addict sentenced for embezzling almost $180,000 from government disability department
- (Uncategorised)
- PHOTO Caroline Portolesi pleaded guilty to obtaining financial advantage by deception. ABC NEWS A Sydney woman who embezzled almost $180,000 from a government service for people with disabilities ...
- Created on 10 February 2016
- 38. Four-year-old boy will be taken away from parents with learning difficulties because social workers say he’s ‘not getting the cuddles he needs’
- (Uncategorised)
- ... disabilities. The boys’ parents, who live in Swindon, both have learning disabilities. The mother was said to show ‘features of autistic thinking’ and has difficulties thinking flexibly. The father ...
- Created on 19 January 2016
- 39. When is the Australian Human Rights Commission not a Human Rights Commission?
- (Uncategorised)
- ... status and sexual orientation disability, including temporary and permanent disabilities; physical, intellectual, sensory, psychiatric disabilities, diseases or illnesses; medical conditions; work relate ...
- Created on 04 June 2014
- 40. "Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on a communications procedure"
- (Rights of the Child)
- ... and children alike, including those with disabilities. Article 18 Signature, ratification and accession 1. The present Protocol is open for signature to any State that has signed, ratified or acceded ...
- Created on 21 April 2014
- 41. "National Disability Insurance Scheme (NSW Enabling) Bill 2013"
- (Legislation and Acts)
- ... the shortfalls and gaps in services, and the fears and uncertainties they hold about the future—in particular, ageing parents of children with disabilities. In the short period since the launch phas ...
- Created on 01 February 2014
- 42. "Foster children left in care despire serious allegations of abuse"
- (Foster Care)
- ... of the teenager, who had a number of disabilities. His confession came the day after the girl reported the abuse to friends at her school. The rapes he confessed to occurred over a two-month period las ...
- Created on 15 September 2013
- 43. What's with the National Disability Insurance Scam
- (National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS))
- ... What they don't mention is that practically every non-government organisation currently looking after thousands of persons with disabilities, already receives billions of dollars per year to provide the ...
- Created on 29 May 2013
- 44. "Child Abductions… This is how easy it is!!! for the Government to seize your children…"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... of Families with disabilities. I also am pursuing a second degree (a double major) in Journalism. • Those questions have fueled me to research every aspect of my case and others like mine. • ...
- Created on 11 May 2013
- 45. "Special Services, Referrals and Outcomes"
- (Uncategorised)
- WHO CAN USE ACCESS OUR SERVICES Alecomm provides specialist services for: Children and young people under the age of eighteen years People with disabilities and or under the care of the state ...
- Created on 21 March 2013
- 46. "31 August 2012 - Office of the Public Guardian re EMILY BROWN"
- (Guardianship)
- ... at your earliest convenience. You can see from the questions that I am establishing whether or not Emily Brown is a free person as is her International Human Rights – regardless of her disabilities – in ...
- Created on 31 August 2012
- 47. "How Child Protection Services Buys and Sells Our Children"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... a letter from the Director of Special Education of their local school district. The letter stated that according to the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) of 2004, the school district ...
- Created on 06 August 2012
- 48. ‘Legal’ Kidnapping By The State To Cover Up Vaccine Injuries
- (Uncategorised)
- ... & Reporting Adverse Events) it states “A report under paragraph (1) regarding a vaccine shall include the time periods after the administration of such vaccine within which vaccine-related illnesses, disabilities, ...
- Created on 25 February 2012
- 49. "Post Adoption Allowances"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... in in place. We have also stressed that if children who have been adopted have disabilities, then of course they are entitled to disability and home care services, and that will be a priority. The new post-adopt ...
- Created on 20 February 2012
- 50. "Taskforce's house of horror fear by News.Com.au"
- (Uncategorised)
- ... was established to examine the allegations levelled at Grand Western Lodge, which treats patients with psychological disabilities in the state's central west. It has operated since 1987 and accommodat ...
- Created on 15 October 2011