10 DAYS UNTIL AYN'S 10TH BIRTHDAY

What a marvelous smile Ayn has

Within ten days, the world will celebrate Ayn Van Dyk’s TENTH birthday. I did say the world. International friends and advocates from numerous continents and countries and climates will be honouring Ayn with customized birthday merriment. There will be balloons and music and decorations and cake and candles and videos and website and blog entries and letters and cards with thousands of congratulatory expressions.

That’s right! The Facebook page called Help Bring little Autistic girl back to her daddy contains the moment by  moment interactions of almost 5000 people whose heart has responded to the injustice meted out to this little girl when she was nine years old. It was on June 16^th 2011 that the Ministry of Children and Family Development in B.C. took her from her school and then informed her father Derek that they had her in their custody. That was to be viewed as in her best interests and brazenly Derek was to consider this the Ministry’s proactive step to relieve him of burden because he was seen as overwhelmed. 

And this preposterous conclusion was result of a more than standard walk away by Ayn on the 12^th of June. She climbed over a high fence and was gone from her yard for three hours. Autistic children do this. They wander off. Do you understand how a parent might not have his or her eyes glued to a child who is contained safely in a fenced back garden? Her brief trip could have been addressed by constructive follow-up with Derek, and for no reason whatsoever, did Ayn need to be taken from her safe and loving home. Worse than even the separation her physical welfare has been invaded by a plethora of antipsychotic drugs over these months. So now, she arrives at her birthday month and she is not at home. By the time of her birthday it will be six months, one half of a year, 180 days that she has been prevented from returning to her family home.

People all over the world understand that this represents injustice, grievance, infringement and unfairness.

This band of 5000 is requesting that the Ministry of Children and Family Development return Ayn to her family in time for her December 14^th TENTH BIRTHDAY.    

Some of the Global Participants of this 10^th Birthday Celebration are these folks, united by nothing other than love for Ayn.  

ABBOTSFORD, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Derek Hoare;
TILLSONBURG, ONTARIO - Moy Harries 
TILLSONBURG, Ontario, Canada - Aunt Moy, Uncle Jeff & Cousin Cole 
BOURNEMOUTH, UK - Mindy Moobs;
NIAGARA REGION OF ONTARIO, CANADA- Bobbie Gellner, Pat Niagara AND Canada Court Watch;
NETHERLANDS - Aaltje Welle Donke;
UNITED KINGDOM - Shelly Williamson;
NORTHUMBERLAND STRAIT between NOVA SCOTIA and PEI - Jean Nicol;
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Carolyn Doherty;
SURREY, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Ron Unruh;
SHUSWAP, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Cheryl Mclean;
EDEN, ONTARIO NEAR TILLSONBURG - Carol Burwell;
VANCOUVER, BC - Sarah Leary;
WESTERN CANADA - Mea Jones;
CHILLIWACK, BRITISH COLUMBIA - Lynda Thexton Willson;
ALLISTON, ONTARIO - Geralda Cyr;
DELTA, BC - Renee Boisvert;
HAMMONDS PLAINS, NOVA SCOTIA - Victoria Ettinger;
DUBLIN, IRELAND; Loraine Matthews;
MISSION, BC - Melanie Berry;
NORFOLK, UK - Debbie Woodrow Norwich;
AGASSIZ/HARRISON HOT SPRINGS, BC - Laura-Lee Hagan-Chadwick; MONTREAL, QUEBEC - Chantale Bitemeh;
ONTARIO - Alfredine Linda Plourde;
ALBERTA - Velvet Martin;
CANADA - Protecting Canadian Children;
MINNESOTA - Beth Wilde;
STATEN ISLAND, NEW YORK - Katrina Valentino
WILTSHIRE, NEAR STONEHENGE, UK - Emma Ashton
MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA, USA - Rob Campbell
COQUITLAM, BC - Tabetha Farnell
SOOKE, BC - Hubert L Johnson
INDIALANTIC, FLORIDA (EAST COAST) 20 MILES EAST OF COCOA BEACH CAPE KENNEDY - Paul Green
NORTHFIELD, NJ, USA - Shilo Apron Previti
SINGAPORE - Michelle Johnson
BALLARAT VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - Bonnie Arnold
SOUTH DAKOTA, USA - Mary Scheel-Buysse
AICHI-KEN, JAPAN - Aiji Aki
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA - Sylvia Calderon Lopez
WALES, UK - Carol Greenwood
PAWTUCKET, RHODE ISLAND & QUINCY, MASSACHUSETTS, USA - Elisa Marie Poleet & Family
COQUITLAM, BC, CANADA - Carmella Saulino
ISLE OF MAN, UK - Regina Kaniewski
AUSTRALIA - Trace Kelderman
FRANCE - Indira Mercier
SAINT PAUL, MN, USA - Laura Thunstrom
PADUCAH, KENTUCKY, USA - Karen Driver
LANGLEY, BC, CANADA - Denise DeVries Boldt
ELORA / FERGUS AREA, ONTARIO, CANADA - Cynthia McCall
WILBURN, BOAZ, ALABAMA, USA - Janice Wilburn
BREMEN, INDIANA USA - Marla Wise Miller
Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan, Canada - Melissa Mitchell
JACKSONVILL, FLORIDA, USA - Barbara McClure
CORBY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK - Paul McHutchison
ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - Lori Pynn
UNIVERSITY OF CHICHESTER OR CHICHESTER CATHEDRAL, UK - Ana-Alicia Bryant
MELMERBY BEACH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - Jean Nicol
PETERBOROUGH, UK - Wendy Hirst
MONCTON, NB, CANADA - Michelle Bainbridge
MONCTON, NB, CANADA - Carl Bainbridge
ALBERTA - Kristie Janel
MINNESOTA, USA - Honer Rebecca
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, USA - Lola Birtick-Boyd

SINGAPORE - Michelle Johnson
BALLARAT VICTORIA, AUSTRALIA - Bonnie Arnold
SOUTH DAKOTA, USA - Mary Scheel-Buysse
AICHI-KEN, JAPAN - Aiji Aki
SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS, USA - Sylvia Calderon Lopez
WALES, UK - Carol Greenwood
COQUITLAM, BC, CANADA - Carmella Saulino
ISLE OF MAN, UK - Regina Kaniewski
AUSTRALIA - Trace Kelderman
FRANCE - Indira Mercier
SAINT PAUL, MN, USA - Laura Thunstrom
LANGLEY, BC, CANADA - Denise DeVries Boldt
ELORA / FERGUS AREA, ONTARIO, CANADA - Cynthia McCall
WILBURN, BOAZ, ALABAMA, USA - Janice Wilburn
BREMEN, INDIANA USA - Marla Wise Miller
MOOSE JAW, Saskatchewan, Canada - Melissa Mitchell
JACKSONVILL, FLORIDA, USA - Barbara McClure
CORBY, NORTHAMPTONSHIRE, UK - Paul McHutchison
ST. JOHNS, NEWFOUNDLAND, CANADA - Lori Pynn
MELMERBY BEACH, NOVA SCOTIA, CANADA - Jean Nicol
PETERBOROUGH, UK - Wendy Hirst
MONCTON, NB, CANADA - Michelle Bainbridge
MONCTON, NB, CANADA - Carl Bainbridge
ALBERTA - Kristie Janel
MINNESOTA, USA - Honer Rebecca
RICHMOND, VIRGINIA, USA - Lola Birtick-Boyd
AUSTIN, TEXAS, USA - Stephanie Philippi 
PASADENA, CA USA - Nicole Biegenzahn & Family
COQUITLAM, B.C. - Sally Bretherton Comin
TURKEY - Christina Maria Kassama Bag
MILTON, ON - Laurie Hatton