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Here at Inclusive Clothing, we believe in empowering inclusivity and creating a community that celebrates diversity in all its forms, but we also recognize that true inclusivity means acknowledging and addressing the injustices that marginalized communities face every day. Today, we want to shed light on the challenges that families with children with disabilities, particularly those with self-injurious behaviours (SIB), face on a daily basis.

The tragedy of Angie Robinson and her 16-year-old son from BC (2015) highlights the urgent need for more support for families like hers. Despite her repeated pleas for help being ignored by Social Workers and the Ministry of Children and Family Development, nothing changed. Angie's final plea to Social Services BC, the MCFD, and the British Columbia and Canadian Government, as well as to all of humanity, "we need more help!", went unheard. Despite the power and urgency of her words, they were tragically disregarded.

We believe that we need an 'identification protocol' to indicate families' obvious dire need with extraordinary challenges and hardship, which can easily be implemented in the Clients Profile. It's shocking and unacceptable that an MCFD Social Worker was unable to employ common sense and recognize this family's obvious need. As a minority group that is exhausted and traumatized, with little energy left to continue striving for their voices to be heard, families of children with severe cases of SIB are both ignored and oppressed.This is not what is portrayed in the facade of long winded scholarly rhetoric and politically popular lingo, so prevalent and prominently highlighted by Special Needs Organizations, the Social Services sector, and the Government.

The case of Angie Robinson provides compelling evidence that the Canadian medical system's cost-cutting measures to "save money" and "balance the budget" are failing to deliver crucial medical treatments to those in need, leading to avoidable fatalities. As a society, we must demand change and provide support to families with autistic children who suffer from self-injurious behaviors.



https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/murder-suicide-angie-robinson-robbie-robinson-1.3252744

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We are so thrilled to introduce you to Grace! We have had the absolute privilege of working with her on a photoshoot for our sun + the sea collection 🤍

Meet Grace:

"Before Grace was born, I knew things wouldn't be easy; but what I didn't know was how resilient, dedicated, and perseverant Grace would be.
Grace's journey to diagnosis was very scary and it seemed to take forever prior to her birth. At the time, it wasn't even certain that she would survive. Grace was born with a syndrome called Thrombocytopenia Absent Radius (TAR). This syndrome affects roughly 1 in 1,000,000 people.
As we know, Grace is certainly that - one in a million.
TAR Syndrome is characterized by low platelets and missing radius bones, which in turn causes a malformation of the ulna, which results in shorter arms and very small hands. Grace has been lucky in that there can be many other physical and medical difficulties that she has not had to face in her life.
In her decade on Earth, she has had eight surgeries, multiple procedures, countless blood tests, and many, many, doctors and specialist appointments. Grace faces this world day in and day out, never seeing anyone that looks like her. She encounters stares, comments, and sometimes very harsh ones. As a parent, this is extremely hard to see. It is hard to watch someone stare at your child wondering what is wrong with them.
Despite all of this, Grace is the kindest soul. She is a brave warrior and a super talented hip hop dancer. Any obstacle that she has face and any new skill she is learning, she tackles. She is fiercely independent and doesn't hold herself back from anything.
Although many things in her life are very difficult, she is becoming such an advocate". - Sara A (Grace's mom)

Thank you, Grace.

You mean so much to our Inclusive Clothing community 🤍

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This is your Monday reminder that you can handle whatever this week throws at you! 🤍

Be brave. Be inclusive

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