Freedom of Information (FOI)
FOI, or freedom of information, refers to legal processes for requesting government records. This tag covers data access, transparency, public accountability, suppression, redactions, fee estimates, and the records families and advocates use to reveal systemic patterns.
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Transparency systems must themselves be transparent: FOI revelations
FOI is supposed to help the public hold government accountable. In schools, families often use it to learn what was never recorded, or what was hidden behind redactions. A new FIPA process analysis report raises concerns about how consistent and transparent that process really is.
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If a tree falls
During Covid, the world learned what disabled families already knew: that it is possible to scream into a system and hear nothing come back. I remember the emails sent into school inboxes that returned only auto-replies, the meetings cancelled and rescheduled into oblivion, the sense that your child’s suffering was happening in a sealed room…