We have Jordan's principle, but the problem is we don't have Jordan's practice. We need Jordan's practice.
Children are being left behind. I have no way of getting children that I see out for access to developmental services, essential services such as speech language pathology or occupational therapy. I am very limited in what I can do, because non-insured...does not pay for the travel out.
I would think a first step would be that we not put any barriers for children to access care. If that's children accessing mental health services, let's not put any barriers. If it's children accessing developmental services, such as speech language pathology or occupational therapy, let's not put any barriers to care.
There's another practice that happens routinely, and it's that children who are unregistered are denied their transportation out. That practice needs to stop immediately. Let's worry about the registration and the paperwork when we get the child, and get the child care first.
Those are just a couple of examples of policy changes that would at least help start pointing us in the right direction. Right now, children do not have access to their essential services. There is going to need to be significant health care transformation. My question is what I should do in the meantime. I have children who cannot speak now. I have children with autistic spectrum disorder who have zero access to service. What do I do now?
I think the practice of denying pregnant women escorts needs to stop immediately. There is no basis for that in medical science, in medical theory, or even basic human decency. Which one of us would want to deliver a child by ourselves, not having our partner or our support person there? I think that practice needs to stop.