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Getting ready for IEP Season – Legally – Speaking Up BC

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07.10.2025 13:12 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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"If we lose hope, we're doomed."

We must continue Dr. Jane Goodall's mission and all fight for the future of the planet.

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Brilliance Misread: How Schools Fail Racialized Neurodivergent Kids – Moms Against Racism

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01.10.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New Page – Understanding the role of Teachers and EAs – Speaking Up BC

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01.10.2025 13:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
School District Lawyers = Birds of Paradise – Speaking Up BC

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School Board Meetings – Speaking Up BC

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Forgiveness – Speaking Up BC

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What is the Ask? Email Writing for School Advocacy. – Speaking Up BC

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15.09.2025 23:47 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
How our Expectations can be Hurting us – Speaking Up BC

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13.09.2025 21:07 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Post-Secondary Human Rights Complaint Settlement Offer – Speaking Up BC

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10.09.2025 13:35 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Is there Hope? - Speaking Up BC Yes. Life is intense right now with everything happening globally, nationally, and locally. Our hearts are hurting. Intensely. We are stretched, and our capacity is being tested even more. Just when y...

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Amending (Improving) a Complaint - Speaking Up BC I wrote my second human rights complaint at 4 am after very little sleep, was raging mad and didn't look at it again until document disclosure time. Then I realized, opps! I need to amend my complaint...

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Exclusion Tracker Expands Nationally Family Support Institute has put out a press release about the exclusion tracker expanding across Canada. β€œExclusion of children with disabilities is a national crisis, and the Exclusion Tracker is…

Exclusion Tracker Expands Nationally

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What are you Advocating for? - Speaking Up BC Schools are required by law to provide your child with accommodations. They are not required by law to remove the disability from your child. There are parents that feel that if their child is still s...

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Are you advocating for accommodations or an exorcism?

31.08.2025 15:37 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Knowing our Rights!! Woohoo! - Speaking Up BC Ok, so I did want to acknowledge the grief part of being forced into heavy advocacy with law and policy. For those needing that acknowledgement you can read my previous blog Knowing our Rights. The pa...

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Knowing our Rights - Speaking Up BC I wrote a blog years ago about the non-death loss that parents of disabled children experience. From that blog. ******* "Do you find out about the reality of public education or do you live in blissfu...

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Vancouver mayor and councillors violated open-meeting rules, watchdog finds Vancouver Mayor Ken Sim and councillors with his ABC party breached open-meeting rules, the city's integrity commissioner found. Read more.

Vancouver’s mayor and all seven councillors elected with his ABC Vancouver party intentionally violated city policy by engaging in secret, closed-door meetings, the city’s integrity commissioner has found. Find out more:

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Current Process of a Human Rights Complaint - Speaking Up BC There can be a variation in how your complaint proceeds depending on all sorts of factors. It won't necessarily be the exact same for everyone. Here are the RULES for any part of the complaint. The tr...

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Wait Time for External Complaint Systems - Speaking Up BC Filing external complaints can take a long time BUT there are a few options to help speed things up. There are a lot of people filing complaints. Some of them are about being overcharged on bills from...

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Fairness at the BC Human Rights Tribunal - Speaking Up BC There are a lot of people self-representing themselves in many legal avenues. Small claims courts, family law, and residential tribunals are just to name a few. Most people navigating the human rights...

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Rights-Based Advocacy in Education BCEdAccess is a fully volunteer-run non-profit organization. We are a rights-based organization. Our mission is to ensure that all children with disabilities and diverse abilities have access to an…

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What is Rights-Based Advocacy? - Speaking Up BC This is my personal understanding and definition of rights-based advocacy. I would answer that question by saying, β€œRights-based advocacy is when you advocate through the lens of the human rights code...

New BLOG! What is Rights-Based Advocacy?

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04.08.2025 18:07 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Education Law – Human Rights Law – Duty to Accommodate - Speaking Up BC Children with disabilities and perceived disabilities are protected under the BC Human Rights Code. They have a right to a quality education and have equitable access by receiving accommodations for t...

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Part 3 – Summer Series – Duty to Accommodate – Meaningful Inquiry - Speaking Up BC We have completed our foundational work. We know the power of the Human Rights Code. We understand the 3-part question for the discrimination test, and the reasonable justification test. Now we are fo...

Once the disclosure is communicated to the school, they are now locked in and required to provide our children with a quality, equitable access to an education.

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Blogs - Speaking Up BC Here is a list of my blogs I started writing in July 2021. I have narrowed my list and kept only some of the blogs public that I think are most relevant to my current focus and work. 2025 Part 6 – Pul...

New blog page from 2021-2025

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Part 6 – Summer Series, Duty to Accommodate – Pulling it all together - Speaking Up BC The duty to accommodate is a collaborative process where everyone needs to work together to come up with a reasonable accommodation plan. The accommodations don't need to be perfect or ideal, just eno...

Last one!

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Part 5 – Summer Series, Duty to Accommodate – Duty to Facilitate - Speaking Up BC To review, we have completed our foundational work. We know the power of the Human Rights Code. We understand the 3-part question for the discrimination test, and the reasonable justification test. We...

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Part 4 – Summer Series – Duty to Accommodate – Duty to Consult - Speaking Up BC We are plowing through the duty to accommodate. We know how powerful the human rights code is, and we understand the discrimination test and the reasonable justification test. We have looked at the fi...

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22.07.2025 02:28 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Part 3 – Summer Series – Duty to Accommodate – Meaningful Inquiry - Speaking Up BC We have completed our foundational work. We know the power of the Human Rights Code. We understand the 3-part question for the discrimination test, and the reasonable justification test. Now we are fo...

We are now into the action part of the summer series. Duty to inquire - Meaningful inquiry

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