“She hasn’t been to school since October”: parents are fighting for a place in adapted education for daughter (15) with autism, but CLB does not see a need

“Mom, I don’t feel like it anymore. I don’t want to live anymore.” While Vanessa (42) was cooking, her then 14-year-old daughter said the words that would make any parent shudder. Sien — a pseudonym — has autism and obsessive-compulsive disorder. After several difficult years, she has been at home with depression since October. The family encounters a wall of incomprehension among institutions that mainly look at report figures. “She should go to special education, but the CLB issues a certificate that is not feasible.”

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