epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22259
I am not posting this on a whim and i really don't want to be flamed. Our family was almost torn apart because of the child protection paranoia that is sweeping our country. If the planned government proposals were in place at the time we were under investigation - we could have lost her.
SOME family's who have children with undiagnosed ASD, metabolic disorders, brittle bones, neurological problem's etc are being investigated under child protection procedures. In the wake of Baby P lots more children are being removed from family's. If the new government proposals are put in place, a child can be adopted before full investigations have taken place, and even if parents are found to be innocent and the child is diagnosed, once that child is adopted they will not be returned. I am not saying this happens in every case and i agree that sw's have a very difficult job. But, looking at recent evidence, media reports etc, it is becoming horribly apparent that serious mistakes are being made. If the government succeeds in their plans to speed up the adoption process then many many family's could loose their children.
All i ask is the government looks again at their plans. Their isn't room for error when it comes to children getting the correct diagnosis and the removal of children from loving parents. Its a parents worst nightmare.
Also - im not a troll. I am a parent who has been through HELL and i am doing everything i can to rasie awerness.