Advocacy fatigue
Advocacy fatigue describes the deep, cumulative exhaustion experienced by those—most often parents or disabled people—who must constantly fight for support, access, or justice in systems that resist change. It reflects the toll of being required to document harm, repeat personal stories, and remain composed in the face of dismissal or delay.
This fatigue is not weakness or failure; it is evidence of a system that demands too much. When families are forced to become case managers, legal experts, and public relations strategists just to protect their children, burnout becomes inevitable—and politically revealing.
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The verification trap — oops, your business process is showing
Imagine a teacher calls to ask how your child is engaging at school. You take a breath and begin: last night I made dinner — here is what I used, how long it took, why the sauce was more difficult than expected, and why my child didn’t eat it. The teacher would be bewildered. What does…
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Justice and dignity too expensive for BC NDP
In 2018, experts told BC exactly how to fix special education funding. The government has spent five years “consulting” instead. Meanwhile, your child sits in hallways. The 192% problem nobody wants to fund Between 2015 and 2024, autism designations in BC schools exploded by 192%. Total student enrolment? Up just 11.6%. The province knows this. They…
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When delay becomes policy: British Columbia’s strategic abandonment of disabled students
In 2018, an independent panel reviewed how British Columbia funds kindergarten through grade twelve education and recommended a prevalence model for special education funding, a shift that would allocate resources based on statistical prevalence of disability within the general student population rather than on individual diagnostic designation. The proposal threatened to expose what the existing system carefully…