Foreseeable Harm
A seven-day campaign drawing the line between the Ministry's own findings and what families are living through.
The Government Has the Research
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The BC Government has the research
and is excluding those children anyway...
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Sensitive Content Ahead
This post discusses systemic harm affecting Autistic and neurodivergent children and adults, including peer-reviewed evidence related to s*icide risk.
Some parents, caregivers, Autistic and neurodiverse adults and youth may find this distressing.
Take your time. Save it for later if needed.
We’ll still be here.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s S*icide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
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The Ministry’s
own report says:
of neurodivergent children
get no mental health support in a typical year.
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Yet, the ministry designed a new program that will add over 20,000 Autistic children to an already failing publicly-funded system.
In July 2026, BC starts moving children with Autism to two new programs:
- Children and Youth Disability Benefit: $6,500 or $17,000
- Children and Youth Disability Supplement: $6,000 to $0
Of ~38,800 autistic children funded at peak (Dec 2025):
- ~9,000 qualify for the Benefit
- ~80% get one or both streams
- ~20% (~7,700) get neither
And they have the research.
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The harm isn’t unforeseen.
It is documented.
Peer-reviewed research identifies Autistic kids without an intellectual disability as one of the highest suicide risk groups — the exact group being moved off direct individualized funding.
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Who is “Ollie”?
“Ollie” is the example child in the government’s own guide:
- Autistic, ADHD, no intellectual disability
- Struggles significantly in social interactions
- Requires intensive social skill development;
- Requires modifications at home, school, and in all environments to ensure he remains self-regulated
- “Ollie” does not qualify for the Disability Benefit
Peer-reviewed research names that exact profile as the highest documented suicide risk.
If your child looks like Ollie — they aren’t an exception. They’re who the research is about.
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The BC government quoted the research that warns against doing this.
The Ministry uses a classification from a leading research group — The Lancet Commission — to decide who qualifies for support.
That same research group warns against using it as an eligibility cutoff.
The contradiction is in the footnote.
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Here’s what the peer-reviewed research says:
more likely to die by s*icide
vs. the general population — two separate findings, not a progression
These are the same children & youth being moved off direct individualized funding.
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Three things you can do today.
If this hit you the way it should:
- Read the Public Fact Sheet — link in bio. Every claim is cited.
- Send it to your MLA. A two-line message is enough: “Have you read this? What’s your response?”
- Share this post. The Ministry’s paper trail can’t do its work in private.
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A few last things
This is educational and advocacy content, based on the findings of the Foreseeable Harm report (April 2026). It’s not legal advice. We’ve done our best to cite every source.
If your family is navigating a specific case, please talk to someone qualified to help.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
The Safety Net Is Not Catching Kids
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Almost no children are being
caught by the safety net.
And the BC Ministry knows.
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Here’s what the Ministry’s own report says:
of neurodivergent kids
get no mental health support in a typical year.
The Ministry knows this. It is written in the Ministry of Children and Family Development 2024 Transition Binder, and it was debated on legislative record on March 11, 2026.
Six Places the Paper Trail Breaks
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The BC Ministry’s own documents
argue against the BC Ministry.
Six places the paper trail breaks.
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Sensitive Content Ahead
This post discusses systemic harm affecting Autistic and neurodivergent children and adults, including peer-reviewed evidence related to s*icide risk.
Some parents, caregivers, Autistic and neurodiverse adults and youth may find this distressing.
Take your time. Save it for later if needed.
We’ll still be here.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s S*icide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
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The BC government cited the research that warns against exactly what they are doing.
The Ministry uses the Lancet Commission to qualify “Profound Autism” for Direct Admit access to the Children and Youth Disability Benefit.
On the same page cited by the Ministry, the Lancet Commission explicitly said the term is “not appropriate for young children” and “not intended” for kids with co-occurring mental health conditions.
The Ministry used it anyway.
The contradiction is in their footnote.
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The criteria are public.
The bar isn’t.
Autism Funding transitions begin July 2026.
The Ministry has published the eight domains a child is assessed against. What it hasn’t published is how much need in those domains is enough to qualify — the Ministry’s own FAQ says that threshold is still being developed, through March 2027.
Children are being assessed today against a bar nobody outside the Ministry can see.
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The peer-reviewed record names
the highest-risk group.
Peer-reviewed research names Autistic people without intellectual disability as the highest-risk group for suicide — the risk concentrates in the group that does not qualify for Direct Admit.
That’s the exact group the new Direct Admit pathway excludes.
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The Premier said:
“improve the lives of vulnerable British Columbians.”
January 2025: Premier Eby’s mandate letter directed Minister Wickens to review all Ministry programs to ensure they “remain relevant, are efficient, and improve the lives of vulnerable British Columbians” — in the context of “current Provincial budget constraints.”
Current Reality: The peer-reviewed research identifies the specific Autistic subgroup being restricted from Direct Admit access as one of the most vulnerable populations.
They’re being put at the back.
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They’re building the new program
without a blueprint.
January 2025: the Premier directed the Ministry to build a child and youth well-being plan and outcomes framework — and to align the new service model to that plan.
The plan still isn’t finished.
The transition is happening anyway.
The plan was supposed to come first.
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And they admit it.
“The previous performance measure 2a was removed because the child and youth outcomes framework is in development. This work is expected to describe what well-being looks like for children and youth in B.C., how it can be measured, and how it is systematically shaped, so investments and services focus on the levers that make the biggest difference.”
— MCFD Service Plan 2026/27–2028/29
Translation: we took out the thing we were supposed to measure against, because we haven’t built it yet.
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Where this runs up against the law.
Frameworks the report engages:
- The Charter of Rights and Freedoms (sections 7 and 15).
- The BC Human Rights Code — specifically Moore v. BC (2012).
- The Child, Family and Community Service Act.
- The Accessible BC Act.
- The UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities.
What you can do today.
If the contradictions hit you the way they should:
- Read Annex A — the legal companion to the report. Link in bio.
- Send to journalists, MLAs, lawyers in your network. Two lines is enough — “Have you seen this? What is your response?”
- Share this post. The paper trail can’t do its work in private.
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The few last things
This is educational and advocacy content, based on the findings of the Foreseeable Harm report (April 2026). It’s not legal advice. We’ve done our best to cite every source.
If your family is navigating a specific case, please talk to someone qualified to help.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
Moore v. BC — The Law Already Decided
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The Supreme Court already answered this question.
Moore v. BC, 2012. Unanimous.
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What the Supreme Court said.
Moore v. BC, 2012 — unanimous ruling.
“Adequate special education... is not a dispensable luxury. For those with severe learning disabilities, it is the ramp that provides access to the statutory commitment to education made to all children in British Columbia.”
— Supreme Court of Canada, 2012 SCC 61, para. 5
The school district said they couldn’t afford it. The Court asked them to show what other choices they had actually considered.
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Why this matters for your family.
Two things Moore settled — already on the books:
1. The “service” your child has a right to is meaningful developmental support — not just whatever specific program exists.
2. Financial constraints can be a relevant consideration, but a government has to show it actually considered what other choices it had before cutting support to disabled kids.
When the government calls this a budget exercise — remember: Moore already asked what the alternatives were.
If you know a lawyer,
send them this.
Annex A is the legal companion to the report—written for review. It engages the Charter, the Human Rights Code, the Child, Family and Community Service Act (CFCSA), the Accessible BC Act, and the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD).
Moore is already on the books. This campaign’s job is making sure the law gets used.
Link in bio for Annex A.
Educational and advocacy content based on the Foreseeable Harm report (April 2026). Not legal advice.
What You’re Seeing Is Real
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If something has felt wrong, you aren’t imagining it.
A note for parents and caregivers.
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Sensitive Content Ahead
This post discusses systemic harm affecting Autistic and neurodivergent children and adults, including peer-reviewed evidence related to s*icide risk.
Some parents, caregivers, Autistic and neurodiverse adults and youth may find this distressing.
Take your time. Save it for later if needed.
We’ll still be here.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s S*icide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
@fairfundingdisabilitybc
What you’re seeing is real.
Families have spent years being told the gap between what their children obviously need, and what the system provides, is a misunderstanding.
The Ministry’s own documents say otherwise. The evidence is on record.
You aren’t making it up. You are paying attention.
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If you’re raising a daughter or a gender-diverse child.
Autistic girls and gender-diverse children mask their needs more, get diagnosed later, and look “regulated”, especially in a short appointment.
Research consistently finds a self-harm burden that remains elevated for autistic females even after accounting for other mental health conditions — about 83% higher than non-autistic females.
If the new assessments only look at surface-level behavior, we risk missing those at the highest risk.
If your daughter’s struggle has been invisible to the system — the research sees it.
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If your child looks like Ollie, they’re who the research is about.
The government’s own guide uses an example child called “Ollie” — Autistic, ADHD, no intellectual disability — to show who doesn’t qualify.
Peer-reviewed research names that exact profile as the highest documented suicide risk.
You aren’t imagining how hard this is.
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Here’s what the peer-reviewed research says:
more likely to die by s*icide
vs. the general population — two separate findings, not a progression
These are the same children & youth being moved off of direct individualized funding.
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What the report asks for.
- Pause the transitions from the Autism Funding Unit until the new pathway is actually built.
- Let every DSM-5-defined autism level in through Direct Admit.
- Release the outcomes framework for independent review.
- Refer the contradictions to the Ombudsperson and the Representative for Children and Youth.
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What you can do today.
- Write to your MLA. Short is fine. Honest is better.
- Submit your testimonials to the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth.
- Contact the Representative for Children and Youth.
- Share the public fact sheet — it’s written for this.
- If your child will be affected, your family’s story is part of the evidence.
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Where to read more.
The full report, the legal companion (Annex A), the committee submission, and a plain-language fact sheet are all linked in our bio.
Every claim in every post is cited. Nothing here asks you to take our word for it.
You have the same paper trail the Ombudsperson does now.
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A few last things
This is educational and advocacy content, based on the findings of the Foreseeable Harm report (April 2026). It is not legal advice. We’ve done our best to cite every source.
If your family is navigating a specific case, please talk to someone qualified to help.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
Community Voices
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We aren’t the only ones who recognize the foreseeable harm.
Community responses to the Foreseeable Harm report.
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Sensitive Content Ahead
This post discusses systemic harm affecting Autistic and neurodivergent children and adults, including peer-reviewed evidence related to s*icide risk.
Some parents, caregivers, Autistic and neurodiverse adults and youth may find this distressing.
Take your time. Save it for later if needed.
We’ll still be here.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s S*icide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.
@fairfundingdisabilitybc
You’re not alone.
The Foreseeable Harm report came out 10 days ago.
Since then, parents, clinicians, Autistic adults, and sector organizations have been responding to its findings.
Here are eight responses — in their own words, shared with permission.
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MM
“We will stop at nothing to protect these children. We cannot wait until the harm begins—it is predictable and inevitable. When prevention and early intervention are removed, the consequences follow. We are not asking for more; we are asking to preserve what already exists and is already working.”
— Parent, BC
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JB
“Their own reports outline the harm, the risk, the outcomes. Yet the BC NDP move forward anyway. Cutting direct autism funding from thousands of kids despite clear evidence, is a conscious removal of necessary, lifesaving support. The Ministry of children - knowingly making a policy that will harm children.”
— Parent, BC
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JM
“Just days before this announcement my son had a mental health crisis and the only thing that brought him from the brink of wanting to end his life was sessions with his behavioural interventionist. How can you take away one of the only people that make him feel safe?”
— Parent, BC
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CB
“My mental health has taken a significant downturn since the funding cuts were announced in February. I don’t know what we’re going to [do] with our funding cut in half as we’re barely managing as is. It’s hard to focus on anything else when this is so worrying.”
— Parent, BC
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Jodi Campbell
“All I want is for my son to love himself in a world that tells him he was made wrong. This funding was the only system that ever had our back. Now it’s gone. How are we meant to keep going?”
— Parent of a 4yo ‘Ollie’
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Lindsay Hood
“Cutting supports today triggers an inevitable influx of future crime, addiction, and homelessness. With proper funding, our children can become productive adults.”
— Parent, BC
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LH
“Our five-year-old faces escalating crises—including suicidal ideation—while accessing supports. These cuts strip essential therapies from high-risk children, abandoning families and overwhelming schools unable to manage such severe, life-threatening needs. Without them, where does he go?”
— Parent, BC
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KB
“Incredibly powerful and terrifying information. Thank you for sharing this with the world. In the right hands, it will help save lives.”
— Parent, BC
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Your voice belongs in the record too.
If the report’s findings sound like your family’s experience — that’s evidence too.
DM us, or submit directly to the Select Standing Committee on Children and Youth. Anonymous contributions welcome. Always with written consent.
Educational and advocacy content based on the Foreseeable Harm report (April 2026). Not legal advice.
If you or someone you love needs support right now,
9-8-8 is Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline.
Call or text, any time.
Consolidation
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One week.
One paper trail.
Everything we said — in the Ministry’s own words.
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One week. One record.
This week we shared three carousels, a few single-stat posts, and a legal brief — every word anchored to the same source-verified report.
The evidence is on the record. The Ministry’s own documents are the evidence. This post pulls it all together.
Everything is one long conversation with the paper trail.
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What happens next.
The report is with the Ministry, the BC Ombudsperson, the Representative for Children and Youth, and the Select Standing Committee for Children and Youth.
The asks are on the record: Pause the transition for Autistic children, let more kids in through Direct Admit, finish the pathway before the old one is taken away.
Autism funding transitions begin July 2026. The eligibility criteria are public; the qualifying threshold within them isn’t — the Ministry’s own FAQ puts that work through March 2027.
The gap is the campaign.
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Three things you can do today.
- Read the Foreseeable Harm report. Link in bio.
- Send it to your MLA, a journalist, a lawyer — anyone whose desk this should land on.
- Share this post. The campaign’s job is making the paper trail unignorable.
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A few last things.
This is educational and advocacy content, based on the findings of the Foreseeable Harm report (April 2026). It’s not legal advice. We’ve done our best to cite every source.
If your family is navigating a specific case, please talk to someone qualified to help.
If you or someone you love needs support right now, 9-8-8 is Canada’s Suicide Crisis Helpline. Call or text, any time, any day.