Bring Ayn Home: Autistic Girl Taken From Her Father by Province of BC

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This child with autism was taken by the CPS almost 2 weeks ago. for

wandering.

Please take the time to sign this petition to return Ayn home to her family

where she belongs... It doesn't matter where you live in order to sign it.

The more signatures the better chance Ayn has of coming home.

If possible, please pass this petition on for others to sign.

Petition:

Bring Ayn Home: Autistic Girl Taken From Her Father by Province

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Thanks,

Jen

A letter from the Dad ,

My name is I am a single father of three wonderful young

children, aged 9, 10 and 11; my youngest two have both been diagnosed

with severe autism. Though a constant and challenging struggle, I have

done my best to protect and nurture them, as I love them so much and

have dedicated my life to their achievement of happiness. My youngest

child ...is a bright and beautiful little spitfire named Ayn. She has

and is blossoming so well here at home and has come so far to overcome

her obvious disability, she does however continue to struggle and

outburst when in other environments, particularly at school. Ayn is

naive and unaware of the dangers that exist in the world at large, so

when on Sunday she escaped the backyard we were very worried for her

safety. With each passing moment the likelihood that something

terrible had happened increased, as Ayn should stand out from other

children easily and should have been quickly spotted. Fortunately Ayn

was discovered two doors down playing in a neighbours backyard, the

neighbour had taken an afternoon nap which provided Ayn with the

ability to play undisturbed. The challenges I have faced in caring for

my daughter have been encompassing and life altering, these challenges

are very dynamic and new challenges arise as fast as the old one

depart. Now with her discovery of the neighbours nearby trampoline and

pool, she will undoubtedly seek to return there, vigilance will be

required to face this new found challenge, but it is one which I must

now face just as I have with each prior challenge and as I would have

to with our future challenges as well. As it stands today I may never

get that opportunity. This morning two workers from CPS arrived at my

home to request that I " voluntarily " give Ayn over to them (she was at

school at the time), if I refused they would simply coercively remove

her. There should be no illusions here when someone approaches you and

says " give me your child or I'm taking her " you should not pretend

that any such choice would be done " voluntarily " . They do not argue

that she was abused, they do not argue that she was unnurtured, they

simply say that as a single father I have an overwhelming amount of

responsibility and workload, and that Ayn's naivety renders her a

danger to herself, and due to me having so much to deal with they

should remove her in effect to lighten my workload. It is not argued

that Ayn was thriving here, it was not argued that Ayn was failing to

improve at home, but that her behaviour was self endangering. My

little girl is autistic, I am aware that she does not understand the

dangers that lurk, I love her and I protect her, when Ayn has a

tantrum at school it is me they either call in to calm her or send her

home to, when she is injured it is to me whom she turns because she

" needs a bandage " . The greatest successes this little girl has had

were nurtured in the home, she loves it here, she loves her brothers

and she loves her Dad, please help me get my little girl back.

I would be forever in your debt,

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