| Subject: Autistic Son Denied Civil Rights by CPS and FOC |
Author:
Kathleen
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Date Posted: 05/19/06 3:20pm
My 6 yr old son is in the Austism Spectrum and permanently developmently and cognitively impaired - he is approx. 33 mos. cognitively. In the last 6mos. I have had one Sterling Heights CPS caseworker tell me that 'Here in Macomb County, if a child cannot directly tell us that he or she is being hurt directly, that it will be marked as a 'no' in the report.' When I questioned why protocol was not followed and an AAC was not used -as allowed under ADA Title II, Macomb County CPS Field Guide AND State of MI Govenor's Task Force on Forensic Interviewing Protocol- suddenly all communication stopped. They refused all phone calls, emails, interviews, etc. // The second caseworker told me that she did not even bother interviewing my son 'seeing how they didn't get anything out of him last time.' When the same questions regarding protocol were asked, again, all communication stopped except for one meeting with her and her supervisor which included threats of 'Well if we took both of the children from you then you wouldn't have to worry about your son being hurt would you?"..along with other numerous threats. The reporting party in both of these cases were my son's big sister (my 9yr old daughter) - the only witness - incidents occuring during visitation. One Police Dept (Royal Oak) that became involved spoke to me ONCE 19 days after I made the report. He told me how things would be handled, procedure, etc. Oddly enough, I never heard from the Detective again. The children were never even interviewed. Phone calls were not returned, etc. Come to find out there were even 'secret meetings' with CPS and FOC with my ex-husband-in which statements were made that I had no chance to respond to. The FOC Investigator failed to utilize an AAC also. She also violated several ADA Title II entitlements, failed to follow the MI Rules of Evidence and even admitted that she had not even opened our case file or read our JOD. Both agencies failed to let me know grievance forms or actions were available to me. My ex-husband is now fighting for a custody change - and he has CPS and a FOC report 'backing him up' which are basically character assasinations of me, why, because I questioned protocol? To defend my son's Civil Rights? What started as my ex being investigated for child abuse has now snowballed into my possibly losing custody of the children...can someone PLEASE tell me what happened here? I was just served for an emergency hearing - for this next MONDAY. I AM SCARED TO DEATH.
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