It's so sad if what is written here is true. How could it happen that she "got lost" at the neighbours and consequently had been taken away? I remember once, well before her age, I and my twin sister got lost too, nobody would think we should have been removed from our family. Being removed to an unfamiliar place without the consent and the reassuring care of her caregiver would be quite distressing for any 9 yo, let alone an autistic.
another_1 wrote:
I do not have time to make a lengthy response, but there are two things that stood out to me:
First, I would not advise using the word "blunder," especially not so early in your letter.You are familiar with the expression, "it's easier to draw flies with honey than with vinegar," right? You would probably do better to open with a paragraph praising them for the good things they do, and expressing your understanding of how hard their job is. Let them know, up front, that you do NOT consider them to be enemies, and (indirectly) remind them that protecting the child's best interests is their job.
Secondly, your mention of WrongPlanet - the way you have phrased it, it seems (kinda) like you are a spokesperson FOR WrongPlanet.net. Unless Alex asked you to write this on his behalf, you are not. (if he did, then it should be made unambiguously clear that this is so) I think it might be good to rephrase things so that it's clearer that you are simply one member, and that you are expressing concerns which are shared by your and other individual members here.
I would recommend this too, the first suggestion by all means, the second I'm not entirely convinced of, but would consider too.
26 Jul 2011, 10:31 am
