MsFacetious
What a Kerfuffle...
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This is a case happening in VIRGINIA. If anyone has anything that could be of help, PLEASE let me know.
It appears that Dr Phil may be airing Jenny's story... but any other national media contacts would be wonderful. :seeya:
PLEASE watch the videos of Jenny before forming ANY opinion.
Don't just assume she is another person with Down syndrome that isn't capable of making her own decisions.
She KNOWS what she wants. She is 100% capable of deciding where to live and who to live with.
Here is one of the videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8YTQvWaIzoQ
28 year old Jenny Hatch is a very smart, articulate and confident young lady with Down syndrome.
(High functioning is the term.)
She rode her bike to work, worked 20 hours a week (since 2008) and mostly cared for herself.
Her family kicked her out in January of 2012. She was living with someone else still working.
Until March 2012 when she was hit by a car while riding her bike to work.
Requiring surgery and a week long hospital stay.
Her mother would not care for her after that accident and her employers took her in.
After a few months of Jenny happily living with them they decided they would make it a more permanent solution.
In their effort to get the services Jenny was entitled to... it all became a huge mess.
Jenny has now been forced into a group home, against her will, no work, no church, no contact with her loved ones...
Jenny was not given the opportunity to speak in court and Jenny's MOTHER has been appointed her guardian.
The same woman who kicked her out and refused to care for her injured daughter.
Jenny has made it VERY clear to anyone who will listen that she wants to go HOME to live with Jim and Kelly.
There is NO reason why Jenny should be forced to live in a group home, when she has an actual home to live in.
There is no reason Jenny should be taken away from those she loves, when she has so many people who love her.
Justice for Jenny
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Justice-For-Jenny/357395347675685?sk=info
This news station has done a fabulous job of covering Jenny's story... and letting Jenny herself speak.
https://www.google.com/search?q=jen...73,d.aWM&fp=bf5e2d137f7d69d1&biw=1280&bih=707
https://www.youtube.com/user/wavy/videos?query=jenny
Jenny needs to go HOME. lease: