by Heidi Stevenson
23 August 2011
Ayn Van Dyk
Since being grabbed, Ayn has been placed on three different
antipsychotics. She and her father are just one example of families
devastated by this racket.
'It started with an incident that happens in homes all
over—a little girl got out of her back yard and disappeared. The
immediate ending was happy: Her father desperately searched for her,
then phoned the police to report her missing. A couple of hours later
she was found in a neighbor's yard, unharmed and playing quietly. On her
return, she ran into her father's arms.
But then, four days later, the Ministry of Children and
Family Development (MCFD) of British Columbia, Canada, abducted her.
They said it was voluntary—but it clearly wasn't. They said it was to
alleviate the burden on her father—but he didn't want to be alleviated.
So, she was taken forcibly. Little Ayn Van Dyk, an autistic child, a
child in a loving home who requires the constancy of her family even
more than most children, was ripped away from everything she knew and
loved. She wasn't even given the chance to take her own toys or
clothing.'
