⟡ “I Told Them Why I Couldn't Speak. They Called It Silence.” ⟡
An early and formal email to Westminster social worker Kirsty Hornal, Metropolitan Police officers, solicitors, and Children’s Services, explaining verbal disability, institutional trauma, and the need for communication by email. The tone: gentle. The response: nothing. The archive, however, took notes.
Filed: 11 January 2024
Reference: SWANK/WCC-MET/DIS-01
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Multi-agency disability notice explaining verbal exhaustion due to institutional trauma. Sent to Westminster safeguarding (Kirsty Hornal), police, solicitors, and NHS-adjacent services. Clarifies that short conversations are possible, but email is required to reduce medical risk. A request. A warning. An archive entry.
I. What Happened
Polly Chromatic wrote an email addressed to:
Westminster Children’s Services
Metropolitan Police
Legal representatives
Family safeguarding officials
The subject wasn’t dramatic — it was humane:
“I suffer from a disability which makes speaking verbally difficult.”
She explained:
That the trauma was cumulative — social workers showing up when she cried
That safeguarding had stopped feeling like protection and started feeling like punishment
That talking was no longer safe
That communication was welcome — but must be written
She even softened the line:
“We are happy to discuss anything… short conversations are fine.”
But no adjustments were made.
No safeguarding shift occurred.
No policies were reviewed.
Only more visits. More pressure. More mischaracterised silence.
II. What the Email Establishes
That the disability was disclosed formally and directly
That communication was not refused — it was structured for safety
That trauma had been caused by the same agencies now demanding cooperation
That retaliation had been internalised as threat
That the parent was still offering collaboration — on medical terms
This was not withdrawal. It was a functional boundary the State ignored.
III. Why SWANK Filed It
Because they keep pretending you never said this. Because written communication is not absence — it’s accessibility. And because when you give the police, the social worker, and the solicitor a medical accommodation, and they keep showing up with clipboards, the archive becomes your voice.
SWANK archived this because:
It is a timestamped, multi-agency disability declaration
It documents verbal refusal as medical safety, not defiance
It proves you were attempting engagement on lawful terms
It shows the system wasn’t confused — it was noncompliant
IV. Violations
Equality Act 2010 –
• Section 20: Refusal to honour communication adjustment
• Section 27: Procedural retaliation after disclosure
• Section 149: System-wide public body failureHuman Rights Act 1998 –
• Article 8: Interference with family life through non-consensual visits
• Article 14: Discrimination in access due to verbal disabilityChildren Act 1989 –
• No safeguarding risk reassessment after trauma disclosure
• Increased procedural harm via policy inflexibilitySocial Work England and MPS Standards –
• Inadequate safeguarding accommodation
• Lack of trauma-informed care
V. SWANK’s Position
You don’t get to say she didn’t engage when you made engagement dangerous. You don’t get to accuse her of silence when you were the reason she stopped speaking. And you don’t get to ignore disability just because it was sent in an email instead of shouted in a meeting.
SWANK London Ltd. classifies this document as a disability declaration and institutional record of refusal — archived with full weight, full clarity, and zero excuses.
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