Ontario families fear losing kids with disabilities
July 20th, 2009Funding shortfall, lack of coordination blamed
From the [Toronto] Star:
The government ombudsman in Ontario, Canada, has found that some two dozen families are living in fear that they will be forced to surrender custody of their children in order to obtain care for them.
The parents say they have been told that there is no money left in the government fund designed to support home care for the children, who have severe disabilities, but they can get services if they surrender their parental rights to the Children’s Aid Society.
“No one should be forced to give up their child,” said one parent. “This is horrible.”
The report by ombudsman André Marin calls for reform to protect parental custody rights and secure funding to care for the children at home.
UPDATE: Where’s Ontario’s humanity, mom asks — [Toronto] Star
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