WANTED: Legal-services that advocate the health needs of those who have been displaced
Tue, 2008-04-29 16:56 - Kerry
Are there any groups or organizations that advocate the legal rights of adults who have been victimized through the corrupt/negligent practices of Child Protective Services?
It'd be good to have organisations that advocate on a legal basis the health needs of those separated by adoption (I say having spent a fair amount of my day at the hospital and GP surgery) whether corrupt/negligent or otherwise. And I live in country where adoption is relatively open compared to the USA
Adoption support orgs here try to advocate for adoptees in that situation, but I'm not sure that they do so with a great deal of success
For organisations such as Barnardo's in the UK, covering the organisations corporate arse against legal action and punitive legal liability insurance costs seem to be of greater concern than the health of the individuals for whom it was responsible as children. Much the same seems to be true of local authority childrens' social services here
I'm glad you found (and posted a comment) to my legal-advocate question. I think it's imperative specialized legal-health services are created for the victims of child-placement, especially for the adults who have been forced to find their own ways to deal with the anger and frustration neglect often brings. In fact, I believe this absence in appropriate resource availability is an issue that can easily lead a lonely and confused person to drugs, alcohol, crime and ultimately death (suicide) or incarceration.
If a person is feeling hopeless and helpless, and no one is willing to assist that person with his needs, what sort of message is that sending the individual seeking a happy-ending?
Big problem for those raised in foster/institutional care here, there needs to be government funding for the organisations that do try to help and I believe that help does need to be provided by organisations that are separate form and independent of those that caused the problems in the first place where mental health and abuse is concerned. At the moment people in that situation are expected to return to those organisations for help
Also where adoption shrouded in secrecy is concerned we need better services for adopted people to be able to obtain information about family medical history generally, particularly where the natural family refuses contact
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It'd be good to have
It'd be good to have organisations that advocate on a legal basis the health needs of those separated by adoption (I say having spent a fair amount of my day at the hospital and GP surgery) whether corrupt/negligent or otherwise. And I live in country where adoption is relatively open compared to the USA
Adoption support orgs here try to advocate for adoptees in that situation, but I'm not sure that they do so with a great deal of success
For organisations such as Barnardo's in the UK, covering the organisations corporate arse against legal action and punitive legal liability insurance costs seem to be of greater concern than the health of the individuals for whom it was responsible as children. Much the same seems to be true of local authority childrens' social services here
An Obviously Overlooked Need
I'm glad you found (and posted a comment) to my legal-advocate question. I think it's imperative specialized legal-health services are created for the victims of child-placement, especially for the adults who have been forced to find their own ways to deal with the anger and frustration neglect often brings. In fact, I believe this absence in appropriate resource availability is an issue that can easily lead a lonely and confused person to drugs, alcohol, crime and ultimately death (suicide) or incarceration.
If a person is feeling hopeless and helpless, and no one is willing to assist that person with his needs, what sort of message is that sending the individual seeking a happy-ending?
Big problem
Big problem for those raised in foster/institutional care here, there needs to be government funding for the organisations that do try to help and I believe that help does need to be provided by organisations that are separate form and independent of those that caused the problems in the first place where mental health and abuse is concerned. At the moment people in that situation are expected to return to those organisations for help
Also where adoption shrouded in secrecy is concerned we need better services for adopted people to be able to obtain information about family medical history generally, particularly where the natural family refuses contact