SWANK Communication Log
If You Can’t Accommodate My Lungs, You Can’t Pretend It’s a Meeting
Filed: 18 March 2024
Labels: Disability Disregard, Forced Meetings, Safeguarding Illusion, Email Clarity Ignored, Core Group Intrusions, Procedural Faux-Inclusion
✸ WELCOME TO SWANK
An Archive of ✦ Elegance, ✦ Complaint, ✦ and Unapologetic Standards
from a Mother Harassed by the State in Two Countries for Over a Decade.
✦ The Exchange
On 18 March 2024, I responded to an email from Edward Kendall, a Senior Practitioner with Westminster’s North West Social Work Team, regarding yet another manufactured meeting under the guise of child protection.
Let me be clear:
I already stated—repeatedly—that I cannot speak out loud due to a respiratory disability.
I already confirmed that I prefer written communication.
I already offered a time, place, and format that worked for my health and my children’s schedule.
✦ My Response
I confirmed we had a prior commitment:
❖ Romeo’s class that afternoon
I suggested a more suitable alternative:
❖ Tomorrow at 4pm to meet the children
I stated my legal adjustment needs:
❖ Virtual meeting preferred
❖ No verbal speech required
❖ Written response only to avoid lung stress
I even provided my number and clarified that email is always best.
✦ Their Response?
Despite my clear message, Edward continued to propose in-person visits, oral meetings, and drop-ins, demonstrating a complete lack of regard for:
— My respiratory condition
— My communication boundaries
— My previously submitted complaints
— The principle of informed consent
✦ The Pattern is Clear
When a mother documents everything,
the state pretends it wasn’t said.
When a mother says she can’t speak,
they ask her to talk louder.
When a mother sets a time,
they knock when they want.
✦ Final Word
Accommodations are not a courtesy.
They are a legal requirement.
My lungs are not a debate.
My children’s routine is not a variable.
And your refusal to respond in kind is the real safeguarding concern.
Filed under: Disability Ignorance, Written Consent Boundaries, Medical Accommodation Refusal, Safeguarding as Excuse, Communication Abuse
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