“Though the Witch knew the Deep Magic, there is a magic deeper still which she did not know. Her knowledge goes back only to the dawn of time. But if she could have looked a little further back… she would have known that when a willing victim who had committed no treachery was killed in a traitor’s stead, the Table would crack and Death itself would start working backward.” - Aslan, C.S. Lewis, The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe
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3.5 Years of Evidence They Never Wanted to See

 📚 SWANK Dispatch: The Timeline They Ignored

🗓️ 14 July 2020

Filed Under: institutional gaslighting, timeline of abuse, report withholding, homeschool approval ignored, sexual misconduct, illegal entry, pandemic violations, educational interference, maternal advocacy

“I don’t need to try so hard to prove myself?”
Then why have I been investigated non-stop, forced to submit income, degrees, and curriculum — and never once received a report?”
— A Mother with a Timeline. And a Law Degree’s Worth of Patience.

This 9-page, legislatively cited timeline is Noelle Bonneannée’s final attempt to turn relentless surveillance into lawful accountability.

Addressed to Ashley Adams-Forbes, it chronicles every visit, violation, retaliation, and lie from November 2016 to July 2020, culminating in a letter that could easily double as a legal brief.

🗂️ I. This Is Not a Case. This Is a Siege.

  • 2017: Her boys were sexually assaulted by a doctor during a forced exam

  • 2017–2020: Harassed despite confirmed homeschool approval

  • 2019: Social workers dismantled her fence to illegally enter

  • 2020: Entered her home during lockdown against COVID emergency powers

  • 2020: Despite requests, no report has ever been provided

“I should be innocent until proven guilty.”
“Instead, I have been treated as guilty without cause — and without explanation.”

🧑‍🏫 II. She Homeschools. They Pretend Not to Know.

From Mark Garland’s confirmation to repeated curriculum submissions, every legal step was followed.

• Homeschool curriculum sent in 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020
• Degrees provided upon request
• Proof of income supplied
• Truancy officers still appeared
• Social workers still interrogated her
• The Department still failed to update its records or close its case

💥 III. The Department’s Greatest Hits (of Lawbreaking)

  • Defacing property

  • Threats from neighbours ignored

  • Fence destruction

  • Medical abuse

  • Pandemic violation

  • Harassment during grocery trips

  • Institutional gaslighting

  • No legal closure

✍️ IV. Her Questions Deserve Answers

  1. What is the purpose of each case?

  2. What is the solution?

  3. How can we move on with our lives?

The Department offers no answers — only more surveillance.


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Words as Weapons: The Linguistic Infrastructure of Family Separation


SECTION IV: THE ROLE OF LANGUAGE IN OBSCURING HARM

Safeguarding as Spellwork, Documentation as Disguise

I. Language as Technology of Control

In the world of social work, language is not used to describe—it is used to define.

A parent is not described as “unavailable.”
They are rendered unavailable by the term itself.

A child is not merely noted as “at risk.”
The phrase creates the risk.

This is not communication.
It is incantation.

Social workers, functioning as priestly intermediaries of the bureaucratic order, invoke power through linguistic ritual:

  • Power from police

  • Power from courts

  • Power from schools

  • Power from hospitals

These phrases do not present evidence—they are technologies of removal.

II. Misused Vocabulary: The SWANK Glossary of Harmful Phrases

PhraseWhat It Really Means
“Emotional neglect”Parent disagreed with recommendations or asked too many questions
“Non-engagement with professionals”Parent asserted legal rights or declined invasive home visits
“Parental mental health concerns”Parent showed emotion—grief, frustration, trauma—after intrusion
“Child not brought to appointments”Parent had health, transport, or judgment-based constraints
“Overly close bond”Child loves and trusts parent (deemed suspicious if parent resists hierarchy)
“Difficulty managing boundaries”Parent rejected surveillance or challenged school overreach

These phrases appear neutral.
But in practice, they pathologise autonomy and justify intervention.

III. Silence as Narrative Weapon

The bureaucratic weapon is not merely what is said—
It is what is not said.

Examples:

  • A child’s direct disclosure of abuse is omitted.

  • Medical reports contradicting “concerns” are excluded.

  • Family love, resilience, and health are erased.

  • Meeting minutes mysteriously forget dissenting professionals.

The phrase “There are concerns” becomes a verdict—
Without subject, object, or act.

A fog of implication forms.
Action is taken.
No facts required.

IV. Weaponised Neutrality

Social work documents are not objective.
They mimic objectivity.

  • Passive voice hides the author: “It was decided…”

  • Tentative framing masks facts: “It appeared that…”

  • Echoed phrases build false trails: “Concerns have been noted…”

This is not evidence.
It is literary sorcery.

The paper doesn’t record what happened.
It authors a reality.
A reality that can then be cited as if it were true.

V. The Emotional Signature of Harmful Language

Families describe these reports as:

“Soul-stealing.”
“Gaslighting on paper.”
“Like they wrote a different family.”
“Reading it made me forget who I am.”

These are not metaphors.
These are diagnoses of bureaucratic trauma.
These words sever identity.
They sever trust.
They sever families.

VI. Call to Action: Reclaiming Language

This brief recommends:

  • A public forensic glossary of misused institutional language

  • Mandatory transcripts and audio of all safeguarding meetings

  • Criminal penalties for false or distorted reporting

  • The legal right to annotate and dispute records before any decisions are made

Until then—
Document. Decode. Defy.

Because in this system,

The words are the weapons.



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