California Human Services/ Adult & Family Services The Suffering Adult & Family Services Discriminating Against My Disability Yreka California

A woman got mad at me, and accused me of being too disabled to care for my child to a person who told another person. CPS was called by the third person, a woman who hadn't seen me interract with my child. The initial accuser knew I lived with epilepsy.

The "on-call" social worker was a real piece of work. The social worker filed a 300 (b) "failure to protect" by the "inability of the parent or legal guardian to provide regular care to the parent's or legal guardian's mental illness, developmental disability.." Epilepsy is not a "developmental disability" or "mental illness". I thought the form itself was morally offensive.

I'd like to send that social worker a xerox of Lawrence Kohlberg's theory of moral development with the postconventional stages highlighted 5) Social Contract And individual Rights (understanding of the basic rights to life, liberty..etc.) and 6)Universal Principles (a common goal of justice). I want to write on the bottom, "great role model!"

The social worker who took over the case talked to me like I was a pre-schooler, nice and slow. She said I shouldn't be sure of passing a learning disability test. When the Kaufman Brief Intelligence Test (KBIT) results came in and were above average intelligence the caseworker didn't apologize, she stopped talking about it.

That's when the caseworker started pressuring me for medical records, and wrote it into my service plan. My caseworker denied I had fulfilled my services because I didn't give her permission to sort through my private medical records. I'm still going through the same services some unsavory characters went through, it's gruelling. The judge heard my case worker griping about how I hadn't completed the service plan, and after six months, I am still not allowed unsupervised visits.

I haven't received competent counsel, or a fair hearing. I'm trying to undo the mistakes my counsel made representing me.

I want this case taken to a higher court. The KBIT is evidence to the contrary that I'm retarded. I'm not schizophrenic, bi-polar, or a substance abuser. I read a story about a wheel chair bound mom that found an attorney and taught AFS a lesson and afterward children services didn't mess around with her again!

J.J.

Phoenix
Yreka, California
U.S.A.