I remember hearing about the Grignards, it was big news in Guelph for a while.
Sadly, that does kind of seem to be the way it works in Ontario. I've seen parents of kids with disabilities who were forced to put their kids into care, albeit temporarily, in order get the support they needed. The issue with CAS is that it seems that once you've been in care for a certain amount of time, you either need to be put back with your family or moved into care permanently. I've never heard of parents being forced to permanently relinquish custody in order to give their kids access to support, but I've known lots of young adults with disabilities who had to live in group homes or otherwise supported living arrangements - they couldn't live with their parents and get a home-worker for a few hours a day, because the gov't wouldn't pay for it and their families couldn't afford it.
Parents of kids with disabilities who want the right services for their kids have to either have deep pockets or good insurance; few agencies are able to provide services to kids with custodial parents. Once the kids are in care, the government's deep pockets are much more accessible to the parents.
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Date: 2005-03-22 06:39 pm (UTC)Sadly, that does kind of seem to be the way it works in Ontario. I've seen parents of kids with disabilities who were forced to put their kids into care, albeit temporarily, in order get the support they needed. The issue with CAS is that it seems that once you've been in care for a certain amount of time, you either need to be put back with your family or moved into care permanently. I've never heard of parents being forced to permanently relinquish custody in order to give their kids access to support, but I've known lots of young adults with disabilities who had to live in group homes or otherwise supported living arrangements - they couldn't live with their parents and get a home-worker for a few hours a day, because the gov't wouldn't pay for it and their families couldn't afford it.
Parents of kids with disabilities who want the right services for their kids have to either have deep pockets or good insurance; few agencies are able to provide services to kids with custodial parents. Once the kids are in care, the government's deep pockets are much more accessible to the parents.
It's a horrible system in lots of ways.