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Forgiveness

When you have kids with disabilities or who are neurodivergent, you are most likely advocating on their behalf in the education system. This system isn’t designed to be inclusive. At all..

The situation that I have been in has been intense. Some of it has been by my own design. You ever want to stir up some shit and kick the can, start up a website.

My kids have experienced harm due to an underfunded system. (Macro systems issue.) But it has also been at the hands of negligent people, a lack of staff training and knowledge, ableism, and some of it has been intentional. (Micro systems issue). I have dealt with people who lied to my face and have no problems intentionally harming my kids and myself.

I trusted these people, and I never should have. A hard lesson to learn.

I have dealt with people who are trying to break me, so I stop blogging and slip away into the shadows. Ummm good luck with that. Thanks for all of the content.

I have had various moments of forgiveness, healing and moving on. I feel what it is like to have the weight lifted. And then they pull more shit, and then I don’t.

I have had many conversations with parents about the concept of healing.

Forgiveness seems to be the key piece.

While I am not in a position to offer advice on how to get to a place of forgiveness and actually stay there, I do want to offer you this incredibly profound article. I will warn you. I cried reading this. I highly recommend you give this a read.

“And here’s what I want you to know: I’m rooting for you.”

Balitmore Brew – “To the teen who killed my brother”
By Attorney Becky King Fieldman

https://www.baltimorebrew.com/2025/09/08/to-the-teen-who-killed-my-brother

BC HRT on Strike Monday Sept 22nd

I emailed the BC HRT this morning to submit a reply to an application. Below is the email I received in their automated email reply. I almost fell off my chair when I saw this. I had to read it a few times to just process what I was looking at.

Who knows how long this is going to last for but expect delays. Even when they do get back to work, they are going to be returning to a mountain of backed-up work.

They also have a message posted on their website.

I feel for everyone in the system who is urgently needing their issue resolved. Society really undervalues the role the BC HRT plays, and I feel an investment in BC HRT is essential to create a more fair and just life for those who are facing discrimination. We need a more prompt system to navigate and have issues addressed.

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Subject: Temporary Closure due to Strike Action

Due to notice of strike action beginning on Monday, September 22, 2025, please note the following:

BC Human Rights Tribunal Office – 1270 – 605 Robson Street, Vancouver

The Tribunal’s office at this location is closed. Please do not attend the office in person unless you have a matter scheduled at this location.

Hearings and Mediations

Hearings and mediations are generally proceeding as scheduled. If you have a hearing or mediation scheduled, you will be contacted if there are any changes to the schedule.

Phone Lines

The Tribunal will monitor its voicemail messages for urgent matters. If your message is not an urgent matter, it will be responded to when the Tribunal resumes services.

Email, Mail and other Deliveries

Regular communications are not being monitored during this time. Expect delays as a result. A mailbox is available outside the Tribunal office’s entrance if you wish to make a delivery. The mailbox will be monitored daily from 8:30 to 4:30.

Urgent Communications

The Tribunal will be monitoring its inbox for urgent matters only such as:

· • Communications regarding hearings and mediations scheduled in the next 4 weeks;

· • Extension requests for deadlines within the next 4 weeks;

· • Application materials including fast track requests; and

· • Service of judicial review materials.

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If your matter is urgent, you must mark “URGENT” in the subject line with the case number. We recommend you also leave a message at (604) 775-2000, telling us you have sent an urgent email.

Date of Receipt

Email and Fax: Communications sent by email or fax will be considered received on the date of the email or fax. Communications received after 4:30 will be dated the following business day. Please keep a copy of your sent email for your records.

Complaints Filed Online: Any new complaints filed online are automatically dated on the date they are submitted on the Tribunal’s system.

Mail and Courier Deliveries: Deliveries by mail and courier will be dated the date of receipt. Access to the mailbox at the Tribunal’s office closes at 4:30 each day.

We appreciate your patience and understanding during this interruption to our services and regret the impact this has on the processing of the complaint. The Tribunal will make its best efforts to process materials filed during the strike action when it resumes services.

Sincerely,

BC Human Rights Tribunal

What is the Ask? Email Writing for School Advocacy.

Before I jump into the theme of this blog, I do want to mention that if you email someone in the district (head office) and you don’t cc: the principal, the email you send to the district will be sent to the principal of your kids’ school first. They will check in with them before they touch base with you. You might as well cc: the principal in the email anyway, and appear transparent and working in good faith.

I can’t tell you how important it is to get really good at emails. Email is a tool in your toolbox. Knowing how to write emails and who to send them to and include, will help you. For example, to decrease the chance of someone ignoring you, include more than one person in an email. For more info about emails, read Inclusion BC’s manual and Family Support Institute’s email guide.

Always remember that any email you send can be sent to anyone in the district, can be sent to their lawyers, and could end up in a hearing. Emails are not private conversations.

Ok, now back to asking.

A very common thing for people to do when advocating is that they are not clear with their ask. They spill out an emotional story and are often all over the map. (No judgement. I have sent these emails too.) Then they end their email. The reader is left wondering what you are actually asking for. Some people don’t know what they want. All is very common.

What exactly do you want?

When do you want it?

How do you want this to happen?

Putting a clear ask in an email is very important and often overlooked unless you intentionally focus on it.

At the end of every email you send, if you want the school to take action on something, you are going to need a clearly defined request.

I even suggest you explicitly state things that are time sensitive. “This is time sensitive”. There are things that you can be explicitly clear about. The clearer you are, the better, for all involved. Putting a date of when you would like to hear from them can also be helpful. “Could you please respond to me by Friday, September 26th?”

If they are ignoring you, I suggest this page. How to Deal with Schools Giving You the Silent Treatment.

Some emails, it’s unclear if you are even expecting a response, or if you’re just venting at the person or telling them off (which I don’t suggest). If you want them to respond to you, you can say something like, “I look forward to your response”, or I would greatly appreciate a response within the next 3 days.

My suggestions for an email format is:

  1. Start off with a connecting statement. (I hope you are well/thank you for your previous email; I appreciate your follow-up/etc)
  2. State the facts of what has happened. (facts only)
  3. State your concerns (thoughts, feelings, opinions)
  4. State your ask (what do you want to have happen)
  5. End with an appreciative closing statement (I look forward to meeting with you and discussing this further/thank you for your support/etc)

It’s really important that we are very clear on what we are asking for. If we aren’t getting the response from the school, it could be that they aren’t clear on what we are asking for or expecting from them. You want your communication to be ridiculously clear so they can’t wiggle out of it. Even if it seems ridiculously obvious to you what you want from them, just be ridiculously clear.

Never make assumptions, and no one can read your mind.

If you child is telling you things, you need to make that clear. Johnny told me…… Do not assume that you have the whole story. Quite often, you will not. Don’t automatically accuse the teacher of what your child has told you. You will need to do some investigating and be a detective first. So, your first approach is to be curious and inquire, seeking more information. You don’t want them to be defensive and shut down on you. A carefully crafted email could get you the information you are looking for before you make decisions on how you want to resolve the situation.

Never make assumptions.

A blog I highly recommend you read and consider when engaging with education staff is the blog 5 Rules on how to be Untouchable

A mug I saw on social media that makes me laugh. “Dance like no one is watching. Email like it will be read out at a tribunal.”

How our Expectations can be Hurting us

The wider the gap between our expectations and reality, the more pain we will feel. The angrier we will feel. The more depressed we will feel.

Lower your expectations, and you will be happy for the rest of your life. End of blog. No. Just joking!

Although this blog is going to be about changing our expectations, or at least reflecting on our expectations. It is important. Are we setting ourselves up for nothing but frustration and crushing heaviness?

Sometimes we are.

I thought in my mind that people in education were knowledgeable, smart and caring people. People who loved children and wanted the best for them. I thought they would be more honest and have higher personal qualities than the average public citizen because they worked in education.

You can imagine the hard fall that I had. The confusion. The disbelief.

I must not be believing what I am seeing and hearing. Is it me? Am I misunderstanding things? This isn’t making sense to me.

The sting was more severe, given that I held them up on a pedestal in my mind. These are teachers. Counsellors. Wise ones.

When I remember way back when my kids started school, what I used to think about the education staff, it makes me laugh out loud. And feel absolutely ridiculous for even thinking that. But everyone thinks something along those lines. We hold teachers and, therefore, administrators, and those in education in such high regard. Surely they work in education because they love children. Why are they here?

When we find out they are lying to us, to the detriment of children, and for their own benefit, it breaks us. It almost broke me. Literally. When I found out about the colluding and mastermind strategizing to put kids in harm and not give a shit just to make the system work…. and these people are in education. Well, my heart and soul disappeared from society for some time. Forgiveness was a way to pull myself out. But that didn’t last very long when they went back to their old shenanigans. They say forgiveness isn’t a straight line. Yeah, no kidding. It’s a rollercoaster. Depends on the day.

I learned to accept my reality and align my expectations more in line with the reality I have come to know and accept.

When we are advocating for our kids, sometimes we are talking to Mary Poppins, and sometimes we are talking to a wolf in sheep’s clothing. And sometimes it’s hard to determine the difference.

There are very well-meaning, loving and giving people in the education system. And these wonderful people still have a fiduciary duty to their employers. But I can 100% tell you, and provide you with evidence, that there are some very serious wolves in sheep’s clothing. Children are NOT their priority. School isn’t a safe place for every child.

It is uncomfortable to feel that we need to protect our children from educators. To fight for their rights. For them not to be harmed. Like…. WTF!?! We need to protect them from people who choose to work in education????

Yup.

Yes, we do.

Accepting reality can lift a weight off your shoulders. This is the system. People get brainwashed in the system to feel that they are fighting for something. Something important. The stability of the status quo.

Wishing that things were different isn’t going to change anything. But we do have control over our own expectations. These are the cards that have been dealt. Now, what do we want to do with it?

Step one: Change your expectations.

Post-Secondary Human Rights Complaint Settlement Offer

This is a case that involves a nursing student at a post-secondary institution.

Student D v. Selkirk College, 2025 BCHRT 178

[2]               Student D was a student in the Bachelor of Nursing program at Selkirk College. She alleges the College discriminated against her in the area of services on the grounds of mental and physical disability contrary to s.8 of the Code. She says the College failed to reasonably accommodate her disabilities which negatively affected her academic performance, and she ultimately withdrew from the program.

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This is a dismissal application, but it’s a specific type of dismissal application. The respondents offered her a settlement offer that can be disclosed to the tribunal. It is called a “with prejudice” offer.

If you offer a settlement offer to the respondents and you don’t want it to be disclosed to the tribunal, you need to write “without prejudice” at the top of your email/offer.

If you turn down a with prejudice offer, the respondents can file a dismissal application that ultimately forces you to accept the offer. The only way to not accept it is to convince the tribunal that your case is worthy of the time and resources of the tribunal for a hearing, as it will benefit the public interest and potentially make case law advancements. Or you can just not accept it and walk away with nothing.

This case can also give you ideas on what kinds of things you can ask for in a mediation meeting.

This is an important case to read for young adults in post-secondary.

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[7]               Student D has achondroplasia, generalized anxiety disorder, and auditory processing disorder. In September 2017, she started a four-year Bachelor of Nursing program at the College. Student D says that between April 28, 2020, and July 14, 2020, during the practicum portion of her program, she made requests for accommodation to her instructors and school administrators who failed to provide her the requested accommodations. Student D withdrew from her program on September 21, 2020.

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This is what she was offered, which she turned down. She felt the amount was too low. And so now the tribunal has to make a decision about allowing it to continue to a hearing or not. Respondents cannot file this kind of dismissal if the hearing is within the next 4 months.

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[9]               On February 3, 2025, the College made a with prejudice offer to settle the complaint on the following terms:

a.    The amount of $20,000 for injury to dignity, feelings, and self-respect.

b.    The amount of $24,394.30 for lost wages, less statutory deductions, representing a delay to potential graduation from the Bachelor of Nursing program by one year, less her average annual earnings as a care aide and educational assistant, and less a 30% contingency to account for the potential non-graduation from the program.

c.     The College will provide Student D with a letter of regret acknowledging the distress she experienced in the program.

d.    The College will provide a revised transcript replacing any “fail”, “no credit granted” or “partial credit granted” notations with a “withdrawal” notation. The College will also provide a transfer letter endorsing Student D as a candidate for any nursing programs in other post-secondary institutions.

e.    The College will commit to reviewing its Accessibility Services for Students program and making any updates it deems necessary.

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The tribunal dismissed her human rights complaint and allowed her to accept the offer she originally rejected, if she wanted it. You can read more about how they analyzed the appropriate settlement amount in the case. I haven’t pulled any of that out for this blog. Fighting this type of dismissal is low risk because you can always accept the same offer, even if you lose the dismissal application. Sometimes these are posted publicly, and some dismissal applications are private. But this is also a great way to get a public record of your case.

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[10]           The offer remains open for acceptance notwithstanding the filing of the application to dismiss the complaint. The offer will expire two weeks following the Tribunal’s decision on the application to dismiss.

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And the decision from the tribunal is….

[47]           The Tribunal routinely hears and decides cases that concern disability accommodation in educational settings, and I am not persuaded that the circumstances of the present case engage broader public policy issues that warrant proceeding in the face of a reasonable settlement offer. Further, considerable resources of the parties and the Tribunal would be required for a hearing of this matter. The Tribunal encourages parties to resolve their disputes in good faith on a voluntary basis. The College’s settlement offer contains terms that the Tribunal cannot order at a hearing, such as issuing a letter of regret, providing a revised transcript, and the transfer letter. The College’s offer also includes terms to ensure the discrimination does not occur again by reviewing its accessibility policies and training its faculty. Under the circumstances, I find that allowing this complaint to proceed would not further the purposes of the Code.  

Is there Hope?

Yes. Life is intense right now with everything happening globally, nationally, and locally. Our hearts are hurting. Intensely. We are stretched, and our capacity is being tested even more. Just when you think you can’t possibly be stretched even more.

If you are breathing, there is hope. The fact that you are alive to question whether there is hope or not means there is hope.

The human spirit is incredible.

If a traumatized child soldier from a war-torn country can grow up to write a book called “My Life is Art” – Emmanuel Jal, then there is hope. History tells us there is hope. We aren’t living in medieval times anymore. In most parts of the world, we aren’t putting people on torture devices anymore. In most parts of the world, we aren’t burning people alive. If someone asked me if I wanted to teleport back to that time period, I’d be heading for the hills.

Our legal system isn’t perfect, but we aren’t cutting off people’s body parts anymore for crimes we feel they might have done. We aren’t drilling holes in the heads of people with mental illnesses, thinking we are letting the devil escape, and we are saving them.

We don’t want to go back in time. We want to move forward. We have come a long way.

Life is never fair, but here is the thing. Humans are wired for wanting fairness. Needing fairness. We are constantly in a state of discontent that propels us forward and forces us to never settle. Our brains are even wired to root for the underdog. It’s why we love those stories. They are so satisfying to the human spirit. And we have a lot of underdogs in history who have pivoted us in the right direction. We believe in underdogs. And they do exist. Everywhere.

Disability advocacy has come a long way. We also have a long way to go. And now….we are being even more stretched. But this certainly isn’t the worst point in history for people with disabilities.

We have so many incredible people, disabled people, allies, who are speaking up. Who are blogging, who are talking to the media, who are writing books, doing TEdTalks, who are networking, who are working behind the scenes, who are advocating, who are living a resistance by just being who they are and not bending to the “normal” social story.

We can never give up.

We can rest. We can always rest.

And when we are ready. We get back into the ring.

As long as you have a goal to learn and stretch, you are creating your own hope. Because here is the truth.

No one is coming to save you.

But if you want it, there are a lot of people who are willing to help you, guide you, listen to you, and sit with you. But in the end, you are the one making decisions about how much you advocate and how. You are responsible for your own decision-making.

You can’t wait for the system to be fair before you decide to get in the ring. It will never be fair. You wait for that, and you’ll be waiting the rest of your life. History has never provided the ideal circumstances for anyone. It’s always been imperfect, mucky and an uphill battle against all odds. Humanity will always be a “work in progress”, shall we say. We have the potential for the most intense harm anyone can ever imagine, inflicted on another human being. We also have the potential for the most love, to survive the unimaginable. Love is the highest form of energy that has shown time and time again, it overcomes all.

So, yes. There is always hope.

And the hope is always going to be inside of you.

You are wired for survival and hope.

You just need to keep breathing. And some days. That is enough. Because there is always tomorrow. Hope.

Amending (Improving) a Complaint

I wrote my second human rights complaint at 4 am after very little sleep, was raging mad and didn’t look at it again until document disclosure time. Then I realized, opps! I need to amend my complaint. I don’t recommend you write your complaints at 4am. Lesson learned. Scream into a pillow and let it sit for a bit.

This is the second time I have amended my original complaint. After consulting with a lawyer at BC Human Rights Clinic, for the first human rights complaint I filed, I realized that details should be added, and so I amended my complaint to add “particulars” and not widen the scope (how big) the complaint was. It was easily accepted.

With my second human rights complaint, I was widening the scope, so it involved a formal application process, and the respondents could respond.

People are often afraid of missing something when they write their complaints, and I highly suggest you write a rough draft and make an appointment with the BC Human Rights Clinic or Disability Alliance. They are booking their appointments 2-3 weeks in advance. Well worth the wait. So if you are impulsive like me, sit on your hands and don’t push the send button quite yet until you get an appointment. But even if you do, it’s not the end; you can always apply to amend the complaint later.

If you do ever want to amend your complaint, another good-to-know is how the tribunal views self-represented people.

Many different types of vulnerable people file complaints, ranging from all sorts of situations. I think the public would be surprised to learn that many people are filing complaints and self-representing themselves against the government from prison, with no access to the internet and limited access to legal research tools.

This case isn’t an education case, but even non-education cases have jewels of information for us to learn from.

This case, by the way, is an incredibly important decision and has a lot of content on the impacts of colonialism. For parents filing complaints on behalf of their kids, this is the section that is good to know. You can use this case and quote these paragraphs in your amendment.

Ms. B v. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (Criminal Records Review Program), 2025 BCHRT 185

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[116]       I acknowledge the Ministry’s argument that Ms. B gave limited information in her complaint about her Indigenous identity. Her complaint is one that could be described as arriving at the Tribunal’s gate “imperfectly brought,” as discussed by the BC Supreme Court in Lord:

“Within the human rights process, applicants are vulnerable when filing a complaint about a human rights violation which they believe has occurred. They may not know how to file their complaint in such a way that it will be heard, or in what form evidence is received, believed, or weighed by the Tribunal. Self-represented litigants … face significant barriers in bringing a claim of discrimination: para. 36.”

[117]       In Lord, the Court cautioned against winnowing out complaints that are imperfectly brought, and may require more work to comprehend, but likely contain allegations of merit:para. 38. I find that caution applicable here.

[118]       Ms. B filed her complaint as a self-represented party. The evidence before me points to her vulnerability as a person trying to reintegrate into society, while addressing the impacts of spending much of her life in prison, including long periods in solitary confinement. In her interview with the Criminal Records Review Program Investigator, Ms. B said: “I don’t even know how to hug after so many years in isolation”: Deroche Affidavit, Exhibit A, p. 20.

[119]       She filed her complaint at a time when she was adhering to parole conditions, had little to no income, and was focused on securing employment to support herself. I take from these circumstances that Ms. B faced barriers in filing her complaint at a time when she was self-represented and especially vulnerable. She was vulnerable as a low-income parolee trying to find her footing in society after so many years in prison. As an Indigenous woman, she is a member of a group who experiences persistent patterns of inequality and discrimination. She is vulnerable in the sense that she is vulnerable to those larger forces.

[120]       Within this context, Ms. B’s complaint could be said to be imperfect. She took up only three pages answering the relevant questions in the complaint form in a succinct manner……

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Just some added info: You have 5 pages to add to your complaint in addition to the form.

If you are a parent who is self-representing, it may be helpful to add some social context to your application to amend the complaint and explain why at the time of writing the complaint, it came out in the form that it did. If you weren’t able to have a lawyer review it, you can explain why not.

Social context items can be your income, protected characteristics, employment, family status responsibilities, education level, and other issues that create barriers to your ability to write a well-written complaint without access to legal support.

** When you make applications, not all decisions become public. Only certain ones that advance The Code, or are important for the public to be aware of will be posted.

Here are some cases that involve amending a complaint.

Warford v. Board of Education of School District No. 41 (Burnaby), 2024 BCHRT 322

Pausch v. School District No. 34 and others, 2008 BCHRT 154

What are you Advocating for?

Schools are required by law to provide your child with accommodations. They are not required by law to remove the disability from your child.

There are parents that feel that if their child is still showing features that are natural to their disability or neurodiversity, it must indicate that the school is not providing appropriate accommodations.

No.

Your child is entering the school disabled at 9am and at 3pm they will leave disabled.

Your child is beautiful. There is nothing wrong with them. Disability and neurodiversity are a natural part of human variation. If we have a society with no disabled people, there is something seriously wrong going on.

Schools provide accommodations, “ramps”. Like a pair of glasses. They don’t “fix” kids and remove the disability from them. Their job is to provide an education, with skills to be able to function the best they can in society. The same as all kids.

For example, if your child stutters and the school doesn’t remove the stuttering and make them fluent, it doesn’t mean the school is failing them. If your kid doesn’t want to participate in “treatment,” it doesn’t mean the school is failing them. If your child is still showing features that are natural to their disability/neurodiversity, it doesn’t mean the school is failing them.

Way back in history it was believed people with disabilities were possessed by the devil. It was believed that if they tortured the body enough to make it unhabitable, the devil (the disability) would leave. People would perform exorcisms, trying to rid people of disability.

We aren’t asking the school to remove the disability or neurodiversity from a child. We want kids to have an equitable access to their education. To be provided with skills and an education so that they can reach their potential. Not to be someone else.

Are you advocating for accommodations, or are you advocating for an exorcism?

Knowing our Rights!! Woohoo!

Ok, so I did want to acknowledge the grief part of being forced into heavy advocacy with law and policy. For those needing that acknowledgement you can read my previous blog Knowing our Rights. The path usually starts off that way, but it doesn’t need to stay that way.

For this blog, we are jumping from grief to acceptance to celebration.

There are many people who have been positively impacted personally from being originally forced into advocacy. They then find out there is something about this that drives them, fills them, and they enjoy helping other people.

I am one of those lucky people.

Some people have become teachers, EAs, OTs, social justice advocates, non-profit professionals, become school Trustees, entered politics, etc, etc, and have gone back to school to start a new career because of their experience.

I consider myself to be one of those positively impacted people, as I have found a career I absolutely love. Out of something that started out very horrible. Like throwing up horrible, never sleeping again in my life, horrible.

I am a health care and human rights legal advocate for people who are extremely vulnerable in society. My clients are among the most marginalized, traumatized, and oppressed people in society. I navigate all of the external complaint systems and work on policy systemic work with teams of dedicated advocates and lawyers. I LOVE IT.

I never ever would have gone back to school and ended up in the profession I am in now if it wasn’t for the shit I had to wade through due to advocating for my kids in the education system. It unlocked something already deep inside me that never had a chance to come out. I love law and policy. I find it fascinating. The social justice and direct client support I do, I absolutely love.

My silver lining.

Some people find out that they actually do love all of this law and policy stuff. That’s right up their alley. That they are actually really good at advocating. Some people have started their own businesses in education advocacy or volunteer to help out others. Some people are really moving and shaking up the system.

Sometimes, we have new, wonderful people enter our lives because of our advocacy. Sometimes, we get to contribute to our communities in ways we never imagined. Sometimes, not all parts are bad. OR at least stay bad.

Knowing our rights is empowering.

Helping other people is a precious part of life. Something to be celebrated.

And thanks everyone for reading my blog series about the Duty to Accommodate. The number of people reading the blogs this summer was intense. Hope some of you enjoyed it!

Knowing our rights!! Woohoo!!

Knowing our Rights

I wrote a blog years ago about the non-death loss that parents of disabled children experience.

From that blog.

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“Do you find out about the reality of public education or do you live in blissful ignorance? If you have a child with a disability, you don’t get a choice. It’s made for you.

I was a secretary at a couple of schools and it was amazing to me, how many parents of non-disabled children didn’t even know the name of their child’s teacher. Seriously.

I on other hand, can recite school legislation, explain the difference between Ministry of Education policy and the Human Rights Code, and define the loopholes in a variety of external complaint processes.

This isn’t what I thought it was going to be like. 

This is a loss that needs to be validated. The loss of innocence.”

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Being ignorant to law and policy isn’t a choice. It’s not a topic that we can read about if we have the time or find it enjoyable to learn about. It’s a must. To be able to advocate for our kids and hold the school system accountable. To give our children what they are legally entitled to have, an equitable education, we need to educate ourselves, whether we like it or not. We need to learn how to advocate, research, and practice our skills. We need to be constantly learning. It’s another profession forced on us, not by choice, but survival.

There is grief to that.

We don’t have the privilege of being blissfully not aware of our rights. Assuming that society will just naturally take care of us. Marginalized communities need to be aware. Be aware of a whole host of things. Law, policy, and how to advocate are key parts. We need to know our rights.

So, have a good cry. Scream into your pillow.

And thanks everyone for reading my blog series about the Duty to Accommodate. The number of people reading the blogs this summer was intense.

I see you all.

Showing up.

Whether you like law or not.