Jaclyn Ferreira - 😷 (She/Her)

Jaclyn Ferreira - 😷 (She/Her)

@jaclynmacrae.bsky.social

Mum of 3 | Wife | #AuDHD #NDSquad | Producer | Photog | Fmr Journo | Writer | Researcher | Rower+Runner | Zoo Keeper! | YVR via YYZ | #Resist | Born 334.19ppm CO2 | 🏳️‍🌈 🇵🇸 https://linktr.ee/jaclynmacrae

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4 days ago

Important to note here that, while these graphics deal directly with AFU funded children, there are disabled children who are not autistic, who will *also* see a reduction in funding and supports under the new model. But those families are being silenced in the crossfire focused on AFU.

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4 days ago
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As always, further challenging @BC NDP rhetoric with regard to the harmful cuts to funding (and therefore supports) for thousands of disabled Autistic kids in British Columbia. #BCPoli #Disability #Ex... TikTok video by Jac of Too Many Trades 🍉

Gov't gfx show: @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social are removing 18,000 disabled Autistic kids from AFU, into an inequitable, inaccessible, income-tested pgm; many 'missing middle' fams earning $50K net/yr and up will exp a CoL increase, and/or loss of long est supports. #BCPoli
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1 week ago
SARS1 Report screencap black text on beige BG reads: "SARS Commission Final Report: Volume Two + Spring of Fear The Story of SARS The travel advisory was sort of a shift in the whole psychology in the city, and all of a sudden everyone was together. I mean when the travel advisory came down it was the City, the Province, Health Canada, everybody was outraged and fighting together, and when the travel advisory turned back, everybody celebrated about that, and then, once everybody was getting back to normal ... there should have been somebody that says, well what do you mean it's getting better? Nobody questioned it. [Dr.] Jim Young went off to China to talk about our successes and how we controlled it and [Dr.] Bonnie Henry went with him and [Dr.] Tony [Mazzulli] went with him and nobody said, well how do you know its over, including myself. None of us said that, well, just because. And it is such a simple question to ask and we blew it. I mean, it is just amazing that everyone blew it." Also, sidebar, noting: Noting: they [BCNDP/gov't] don't want to replace her, because she has the same values as they do: money money money, no matter the cost to actual living people.

Setting aside her early 2020 "you can still ski" BS, when every other province was like 'wait a second, maybe we should think about prevention here,' plus ça change (how many times does history have to repeat before either she is replaced, or she learns to follow science?):

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1 week ago
SARS1 Report screencap black text on beige BG reads: "SARS Commission Final Report: Volume Two + Spring of Fear The Story of SARS The travel advisory was sort of a shift in the whole psychology in the city, and all of a sudden everyone was together. I mean when the travel advisory came down it was the City, the Province, Health Canada, everybody was outraged and fighting together, and when the travel advisory turned back, everybody celebrated about that, and then, once everybody was getting back to normal ... there should have been somebody that says, well what do you mean it's getting better? Nobody questioned it. [Dr.] Jim Young went off to China to talk about our successes and how we controlled it and [Dr.] Bonnie Henry went with him and [Dr.] Tony [Mazzulli] went with him and nobody said, well how do you know its over, including myself. None of us said that, well, just because. And it is such a simple question to ask and we blew it. I mean, it is just amazing that everyone blew it." Also, sidebar, noting: Noting: they [BCNDP/gov't] don't want to replace her, because she has the same values as they do: money money money, no matter the cost to actual living people.

Setting aside her early 2020 "you can still ski" BS, when every other province was like 'wait a second, maybe we should think about prevention here,' plus ça change (how many times does history have to repeat before either she is replaced, or she learns to follow science?):

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1 week ago
Screencap of a news article, black text on white background, reads: Preventative measures with spring travels ahead While the health officer has declared an end to the illness season, she's also reminding people to practice preventative measures, especially with spring break travels ahead for many. "It's important that you continue to clean your hands regularly using soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer, and cover sneezes and coughs. These practices help keep you, your families and your communities safe, healthy and happy." "And as spring break approaches and many families are travelling, I remind you to check that your and your family's vaccines are up to date."

Super encouraging that the science in #BCPoli still hasn’t advanced, and @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social’s PHO still believes we breathe through our hands (and that she controls all viruses, to service travel & tourism season)! 😆😆

BC continues to be a scientific backwater.

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1 week ago

Heartwarming scene:

Black Cyber Truck driving past local school, at the end of recess.

A large amount of children run for the school’s fence, yelling “boo” and giving the thumbs down gesture.

🥰

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1 week ago

All of the newbies are up in arms about yesterday's time change announcement - and it's funny, because this is just literally the party's M.O.

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1 week ago

. @davidebybc.bsky.social's @bcndpcaucus.bsky.social has never met a piece of evidence or science they didn't like to ignore, hey?

COVID is Airborne; masks, clean air work✅
Safe Supply works✅
Decriminalization works✅
Early Intervention (Autism) works✅
Standard Time is the better option (not DST)✅

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1 week ago

This sounds familiar coughCBC+VCHcough.

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3 weeks ago
Screencap of a Facebook post, light grey text on darker grey background, reads: Please consider signing this petition. Their goal is to get to 20K, and they are just over halfway there. We have already seen that the type of system BC is proposing didn't work in Ontario, and many disabled kids there have fallen through the cracks (search the hashtag #50KIsNotOk). There's no reason to expect that it will work here, either, especially given that many of the promises the BC NDP are making in terms of increasing "community based" (aka watered down HUBs) supports are promises they've made since 2017, and failed to deliver. If they've failed to increase these promised and much-needed supports in eight years, how will they now do so in three? (To say nothing of the bottleneck they will create in removing current supports within a year, but not even trying to have their new system up and fully running for three - thousands of kids are going from supported to unsupported in a year, but the government is already telling us, before the change is in place, that lack of staffing is a problem.) Don't fall for government doublespeak. Fight for ALL disabled kids to be supported, not for some kids to be told that they aren't disabled enough, and have their vital supports removed.

Please consider signing this petition.

#BCPoli #BCEd
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

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3 weeks ago

February is Inclusive Education Month.

Seems like a good time to remind parents that:

Integration does NOT equal Inclusion/Inclusive Education.

Inclusive Education means disabled students having access to ALL of their needed educational supports, in order to succeed in their goals.

#BCEd #BCPoli

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2 weeks ago

TikTok video pertaining to this important study, and highlighting why cutting supports to certain disabled kids in BC right now is so underhanded.

#BCPoli #Disability #Exclusion #GreenScreen 👇🏻

www.tiktok.com/@clearancesc...

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2 weeks ago
Screencap of tweet from David Lingenfelter, PhD, white text on black background, reads: Children with in-utero COVID-19 exposure showed altered brain structures at birth and lower cognitive/social scores by age two, with 52% high-risk for developmental delays. This study links these brain changes to anxiety-like behaviors.🧵 Tweet contains screenshots of linked study, incl some of following: The study…compared 39 mother-baby pairs exposed to COVID-19 during pregnancy w 103 pre-pandemic "normative" pairs. Key Findings • Altered Brain Structure: Newborns exposed to COVID-19 in utero showed significant differences in regional brain volumes. Specifically, they had: • Increased volumes in cortical gray matter and the left hippocampus. • Decreased volumes in subcortical gray matter and white matter. • Cognitive & Social Delays: By age two, toddlers in the COVID-exposed group scored significantly lower on cognitive and social-emotional assessments… • In the study cohort, roughly 52% of exposed toddlers were flagged as high-risk for developmental delays • Internalizing Behaviors: Exposed toddlers showed higher scores in "internalizing" behaviors, which include early symptoms of anxiety and depression. • The "Mediation" Link: The researchers found a statistical link suggesting that the changes in cortical gray matter seen at birth partially explained the lower cognitive scores at age two. These lower cognitive scores, in tum, were linked to the increase in anxiety-like (internalizing) behaviors. Conclusion & Takeaways The authors conclude that while most children exposed to COVID-19 in utero will likely develop normally, there is a measurable risk for subtle neurodevelopmental changes. They emphasize: • Monitoring: The importance of consistent developmental screening for children born during the pandemic • Early Intervention: Earty identification of these subtle differences can heip parents and clinicians provide support (such as speech or occupational therapy) sooner.

Leaving this here for the people advocating for a reduction in supports for disabled kids in #BCPoli.

And yes, our politicians and public health reps are well aware of findings like this.

(What’s that about early intervention?)

H/t @dlingenfelter.bsky.social

www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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3 weeks ago

This is *exactly* like everyone saying:

“Welp! We all have to get COVID now, it’s endemic”, and

No? We eliminated a whole ass strain of influenza in 2020/21 - we absolutely do not need to live with endless infections.

But, complying in advance, so people can fly and eat in restaurants, won out. 🤷‍♀️

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3 weeks ago

February is Inclusive Education Month.

Seems like a good time to remind parents that:

Integration does NOT equal Inclusion/Inclusive Education.

Inclusive Education means disabled students having access to ALL of their needed educational supports, in order to succeed in their goals.

#BCEd #BCPoli

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3 weeks ago

Me, too. 🤞

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3 weeks ago

<interlude>

It's not pronounced "Lilly-Hammer"

😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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3 weeks ago

Thank you! ❤️

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3 weeks ago

Boosting an incredibly import BC petition.

#CdnPoli

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3 weeks ago
Screencap of a Facebook post, light grey text on darker grey background, reads: Please consider signing this petition. Their goal is to get to 20K, and they are just over halfway there. We have already seen that the type of system BC is proposing didn't work in Ontario, and many disabled kids there have fallen through the cracks (search the hashtag #50KIsNotOk). There's no reason to expect that it will work here, either, especially given that many of the promises the BC NDP are making in terms of increasing "community based" (aka watered down HUBs) supports are promises they've made since 2017, and failed to deliver. If they've failed to increase these promised and much-needed supports in eight years, how will they now do so in three? (To say nothing of the bottleneck they will create in removing current supports within a year, but not even trying to have their new system up and fully running for three - thousands of kids are going from supported to unsupported in a year, but the government is already telling us, before the change is in place, that lack of staffing is a problem.) Don't fall for government doublespeak. Fight for ALL disabled kids to be supported, not for some kids to be told that they aren't disabled enough, and have their vital supports removed.

Please consider signing this petition.

#BCPoli #BCEd
actionnetwork.org/petitions/pe...

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3 weeks ago
Screencap of a tweet from me, @jaclynmacrae, white text on black background, reads: Jaclyn "Cool Gamer Mom™️" Ferreira - 😷 (she/her) @jaclynmacrae BRB. Just going to tell parents of kids with Leukaemia that their kids got the 'magic diagnosis', because brain tumours are worse. #BCPoli 5:02 PM Feb 20, 2026
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3 weeks ago

Abled parents of disabled kids:

Remember, often, you are "in community" with disabled parents of disabled kids, and the negative, ableist things you say about (your and other) disabled kids are also harmful to the disabled adults hearing them.

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3 weeks ago

When @davidebybc.bsky.social et al talk about the ROI in supporting disabled kids (while removing support from others), do they think about the systemic negative ROI in terms of the health of parents who don't sleep anymore? Who can't relax b/c they always have to fight for their kids' existence?

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3 weeks ago
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3 weeks ago

I have the email address from the min (when it was Dix) - but it's specific to that office (as in, contains the title, not the name of the person) - do you have that one?

I always CC MLA's office, too, and surprisingly, last fall, I heard back! But I know it's not a given.
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3 weeks ago

everywhere, and no accountability to deal with it, and then actually move forward in a more equitable manner. AND follow through on election promises.

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3 weeks ago

yesterday (in terms of area of waste), and the amount of money earmarked for disabled kids that the Vancouver SD got away with not spending, and moving into general spending accounts in 23/24 would have funded 466 additional Autistic kids under the current AFU model.

There is so much waste...

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3 weeks ago

Yes. They exploit their base for votes (like, in 2017, when they promised they'd work to fix #BCEd, but they haven't; things continue to get worse). And too many supporters are afraid to call them out, because they're so hyper-focused on partisanship.

I was doing math...
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3 weeks ago

I can't relax about:

my kids being unable to access equitable education
my kids and their (lack of) disability supports
lack of access to safe, equitable healthcare
being exposed to a neverending pandemic
needing to constantly challenge gov't doublespeak, used to justify all of the above, and more

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3 weeks ago

The BC NDP, self-styled as a progressive party for the people, would vocally stand in opposition to all of these harmful, regressive policies. Policies which they now champion under the guise of equity and justice and progress, but which continue to perpetuate and deepen systemic harm.

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