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Jen Niebler
Guelph, Canada
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Jen commented on the article |
What a chilling interview. It's important knowledge, but it does emphasize the hopelessness of the girls, and likely some of the traffickers as well. It always seems to come down to a combination of poverty and corruption that allows it to flourish. Disturbing, to say the least.
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Jen commented on the article |We'll miss you here, but I'll follow you around :-) See you at the new blogs!
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Jen commented on the article |Interesting stuff. We'd never tried the diet with my kids- half because they didn't seem to show any symptoms that warranted it, and partly because there would have been no way to afford it for all 3 kids. They also ate so little already and were so small that I was concerned about them falling even further behind the growth curve, so it seemed the only choice. Now I'm glad that I likely don't have to have any second thoughts about our choice then.
I'm still not sure about the lower weight gain reasons given in the study- certainly I've heard the horror stories about kids who won't use any bathroom but the one at home, but we haven't had stimulant medicines or any constipation problems. I think that my kids at least are just skinny :-)
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Jen commented on the article |I thought that we had FIXED the Canadian thing! We were one of the families from the case 4 years ago which was supposed to make this situation stop forever. (The original Ombudsman's report is here (http://www.ombudsman.on.ca/media/3277/between_a_rock_and_a_hard_place_20050520.pdf) - obviously I'm the one with triplets.
I can't even tell you how upsetting this is- obviously I've been out of touch.
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Jen commented on the article |It isn't too often that I'm at a complete loss for words, but that certainly did it. That's absolutely horrifying.
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Jen commented on the article |That's the most frustrating thing about these situations- the lack of follow-up. Maybe judges have different rules in the U.S. so that they can't direct follow-up actions or something? I would hope that Evelyn's family does get compensated (although my guess is that it will take more than money for them to recover from something like this), but if there aren't any changes enforced on the school/police system, then how is it ever going to change?
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Jen commented on the article |
Actually the "Florida mess" that I was referring to was a 5 year old NT girl, who had a temper tantrum in her kindergarten class and was arrested and put into a police car before being released (the original link is above). The Alex Barton incident was appalling, without doubt.
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Jen commented on the article |
Sometimes when I see those stories I wonder if I even live in the same world as the people who think that it's appropriate to arrest children (autistic or not). Remember the 5 year old girl who was arrested in Florida a few years ago when she "acted up" in her kindergarten class? (http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/04/25/earlyshow/main690601.shtml)
I hope that Evelyn's family is well-compensated, and even more, that protocols are put into place so that this can never happen again.
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Jen commented on the article |Good luck finding a new place...I hope that when you do, Charlie can be there for a while. I'll be thinking of you.
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