couldn’t believe my eyes this week when my son had just come home from day program there were bruises I discovered as I undressed him …we never saw before but suddenly there they were…what the ….! On day after fingerprints and day two turned into bruises when I took these photos. Much worse now however and James touching bruises.
After everything we have been through at respite now this time it was the day program that left him with marks…I told the office staff I am reporting this….I knew it would be the same old scenario..
Shock horror, by the disability workers ….where did these marks come from?….it is beyond me the disability workers acting stints are great - the dramatic surprise at seeing James had been hurt…the feigned sympathy (You must be so distressed they say – no Im angry I say so angry)
I sent off the report to the NDIS knowing they will saying no cameras no evidence no one in trouble….the frustration is palpable…
Is there no end to this? I said loudly to myself…my son injured the year before in a respite house and the person worker who was last with him hidden moved….no one wants the blame…no one wants cameras to catch the perpetrators… we need mandatory cameras or the abuse will never be abated no offenders caught – evil wins – and our lambs are torn apart and traumatized by the wolves not to mention their parents also traumatized ….
Of course my son was coming home slapping us December to FEbruary from respite days…I complained loudly about these strange behaviours since we never slap him at all let alone in the face - why was he doing it to us?!…it took a lot of work to stop him….I said we don’t believe in violence James…he smiled and realized I didn’t want him to do that stuff….that hitting wherever he got that from (respite house) then the fraud I found of all James funds $18,000 plus being withheld unreleased and then falsely been taken… now under investigation.
I began withdrawing my son from the respite place and said to the organization not only was my son injured here and then learnt how to be violent from your workers or whoever else it came from but you stole off my son’s funding which is despicable a thing to do to a long time client who has been here over 10 years coming off and on while you feigned care you took with the other hand and craftily worked out ways to steal from my little lambs funding the least that he had…since he cannot speak. How dare you.
The recent (September 2020) arresting of providers from Western Sydney who stole up to 1.2 million from disability people and given 9 years was commendable but I had to balk at the article which stated then that
The National Disability Insurance Agency has zero tolerance for fraud (Scott Britton Ndis branch manager AFP article 18 September 2020)
And “ Participants, families, and carers should have full confidence that the Agency is preventing, detecting, and responding to this criminal behavior. Our priority is protecting participants and ensuring they can continue to access the disability supports they need…”
If they are detecting and preventing fraud then why did they not detect the fake contracts put on my son’s NDIS portal in January and the keeping of funds by the organization for up to a year or more if I could check way back…why did the NDIS agency not detect the deviant activity of the providers before I did? No they did not at all I had to report it….great there is zero tolerance for fraud but you have to catch them first.
It seems there is more response by authorities to those who steal funds from our vulnerable non verbal children but little response to when our children and adult children are abused in care, with workers or in programs…
Without cameras no response…if its money and you can see it on paper and catch them big response and prison time
But if it is injuries pain and suffering inflicted on the vulnerable – where is the zero tolerance policy there…?without cameras the children lose out all the time and our adult children – we never know who hurt them and the ndis does not have to take any action.
WE need the cameras or we will continue to be oppressed by the system which at present workers better for the providers at hiding harm and does not at all detect or protect our dear ones from harm at all.
WE want to fight the wolves in carer organizations and day programs and cover our disability children with sunshine…lets stand up and fight for our vulnerable as no one else will … women have suffered, aged care people have suffered through lack of evidence of harm our children are part of the list of those who get no proper justice and care and we must fight for more for their lives than that - now is the time.
All the best
Anndrea x