My nephew was taken away from his mother and myself only because he missed to many days of school last year. He has Autism, Sensory Itegration Disorder and is non-verbal. He was put into a group home, which is an hour away from his home and he is being severely neglected to the point of getting Cellulits in both hands. He had cuts on his hands that were neglected by this group home. He has to wear casts on his hands now for two weeks, so far. The GAL and caseworker still refuse to send him home even though everything that they asked has been done. The court appoined attorney even admitted to us that he should come home and that there's nothing left for us to do now but won't seem to stand up to the GAL and DDHS about it. WHY?
He needs one on one care and supervision which he is NOT getting at the group home nor would he get anywhere but his Home with his loving mother.
He also needs Augmentative Speech Therapy, which he is not getting but would have been for the last five months if he was never stolen from his mother and myself.
This is illustrative of over-zealous utilization of the child protective model. The case is obviously not an intervention issue, but distinctly resides within the realm of disability. There should be no over-lap where loving natural parents, caring for a child with medical/developmental diversity is concerned; as per "Samantha's Law".
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