We are close to victory... On July 22nd, 2016 after two and half years and over 26,000 people telling the Ontario Government that human rights should never be disabled, the Ontario Health Minister Eric Hoskins sent this brief statement of apology to Global News: “I would like to apologize to Ms. Pocock and her family for her being placed in a seniors residence. All Ontarians deserve to be treated with respect and compassion as they navigate our system and that includes receiving care in an appropriate setting.” It’s a landmark event. But will Minister Hoskins now send his apology to Teresa in writing? We hope so because it would show some respect to Teresa. We also request that Minister Hoskins replace his misleading euphemism “seniors residence” with the accurate term, “long-term care home”, which underlines how inappropriate the placement was. Teresa was put into a long-term care home that specializes in "dementia and palliative care". It was inappropriate for Teresa as she did not need that type of medical care. It was also a violation of her human rights as the BC Civil Liberties Association and seven other signatories emphasized in their July 12th letter to the Minister. We thank Christina Stevens, Senior Digital Broadcast Journalist, Global Toronto and the Global News team for shining a bright light on how the Ontario government is putting thousands of individuals with developmental disabilities into long-term care facilities. Their coverage shows that Teresa is just the tip of the iceberg. Back in 2014, the Ontario Government's Select Committee acknowledged that this was a systemic problem. In their July 2014 report they wrote, “Long-term care homes are pressured to accommodate young and middle-aged people with developmental disabilities without any medical need for this type of care or any training to support this group of clients.” We ask the Ministry of Health to acknowledge the mistakes that were made in wrongly declaring Teresa incapable and putting her into long-term care against her will. We ask that the Ontario Ministry of Health correct their report to reflect the errors that occurred in Teresa’s case. Minister Hoskins should admit the mistakes that were made that led to this wrong occurring -- because it is only by acknowledging the mistakes that we can prevent them from happening again. Human rights should never be disabled.