Jaclyn Ferreira - šŸ˜· (She/Her)

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Screencap of section of a report from Deloitte. Black and green text on white background reads: (this first part is in black text) McKinsey Global Instituteā€™s study also estimates that (the remainder from here forward is in green text) every $1 invested in childrenā€™s health generates $2.7 in economic benefits across the population under age 70, globally.1,2
A medium hair white cat sits on a stair case of beige-brown carpet. Except, he's sitting like a human, slouching back against the wall behind his back, his belly exposed, his tail hanging down toward the stair below him. He's staring to the left of the picture frame, his expression gives the impression that he's contemplating how he ended up here. And/or that maybe he's seen some things.
A four panel comic. In the centre of each panel, we see a hand, rising up out of a blue body of water, grasping for help. In the top left panel, the hand is set against a blue sky, and above it we captioned in white, all caps lettering: PARENTS OF AUTISTIC AND OTHERWISE DISABLED KIDS IN BC In the top right panel, the hand is still reaching, and still against a blue sky, but this time from the top left, we see a hand reaching in, as though to help; above this, captioned in white, all caps lettering: DAVID EBY: "We will work support all disabled kids, and we won't take away stability from Autistic kids" In the bottom left panel, this time the sky is pink, and the hand ostensibly there to give help, is actually just giving a high five to the struggling one; above this, captioned in white, all caps lettering: DAVID EBY: "SYKE" In the bottom right panel, the sky is blue again, the 'helping hand' has disappeared, and the original hand is now foundering.
Screencap of the abstract from the linked article, black text on white background, reads: Abstract Early intensive behavioral intervention (EIBI) may result in improved cognitive, adaptive and social functioning and reductions in autism severity and behavioral problems in children with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). For a subset of children, normal functioning may be the result. However, due to the intensity (20-40 h per week for 3 years with a low child staff ratio) implementation costs are high and can be controversial. Estimated costs for education, (supported) work and (sheltered) living for individuals with ASD in The Netherlands are applied in a cost-offset model. A compelling argument for the provision of EIBI is long term savings which are approximately ā‚¬ 1,103,067 from age 3 to 65 years per individual with ASD. Extending these costs to the whole Dutch ASD population, cost savings of ā‚¬ 109.2-ā‚¬ 182 billion have been estimated, excluding costs associated with inflation.
SARS1 Report screencap black text on beige BG reads: "SARS Commission Final Report: Volume Two + Spring of Fear The Story of SARS The travel advisory was sort of a shift in the whole psychology in the city, and all of a sudden everyone was together. I mean when the travel advisory came down it was the City, the Province, Health Canada, everybody was outraged and fighting together, and when the travel advisory turned back, everybody celebrated about that, and then, once everybody was getting back to normal ... there should have been somebody that says, well what do you mean it's getting better? Nobody questioned it. [Dr.] Jim Young went off to China to talk about our successes and how we controlled it and [Dr.] Bonnie Henry went with him and [Dr.] Tony [Mazzulli] went with him and nobody said, well how do you know its over, including myself. None of us said that, well, just because. And it is such a simple question to ask and we blew it. I mean, it is just amazing that everyone blew it." Also, sidebar, noting: Noting: they [BCNDP/gov't] don't want to replace her, because she has the same values as they do: money money money, no matter the cost to actual living people.
Screencap of a news article, black text on white background, reads: Preventative measures with spring travels ahead While the health officer has declared an end to the illness season, she's also reminding people to practice preventative measures, especially with spring break travels ahead for many. "It's important that you continue to clean your hands regularly using soap and water or alcohol-based hand sanitizer, and cover sneezes and coughs. These practices help keep you, your families and your communities safe, healthy and happy." "And as spring break approaches and many families are travelling, I remind you to check that your and your family's vaccines are up to date."
Screencap of tweet from David Lingenfelter, PhD, white text on black background, reads: Children with in-utero COVID-19 exposure showed altered brain structures at birth and lower cognitive/social scores by age two, with 52% high-risk for developmental delays. This study links these brain changes to anxiety-like behaviors.šŸ§µ Tweet contains screenshots of linked study, incl some of following: The studyā€¦compared 39 mother-baby pairs exposed to COVID-19 during pregnancy w 103 pre-pandemic "normative" pairs. Key Findings ā€¢ Altered Brain Structure: Newborns exposed to COVID-19 in utero showed significant differences in regional brain volumes. Specifically, they had: ā€¢ Increased volumes in cortical gray matter and the left hippocampus. ā€¢ Decreased volumes in subcortical gray matter and white matter. ā€¢ Cognitive & Social Delays: By age two, toddlers in the COVID-exposed group scored significantly lower on cognitive and social-emotional assessmentsā€¦ ā€¢ In the study cohort, roughly 52% of exposed toddlers were flagged as high-risk for developmental delays ā€¢ Internalizing Behaviors: Exposed toddlers showed higher scores in "internalizing" behaviors, which include early symptoms of anxiety and depression. ā€¢ The "Mediation" Link: The researchers found a statistical link suggesting that the changes in cortical gray matter seen at birth partially explained the lower cognitive scores at age two. These lower cognitive scores, in tum, were linked to the increase in anxiety-like (internalizing) behaviors. Conclusion & Takeaways The authors conclude that while most children exposed to COVID-19 in utero will likely develop normally, there is a measurable risk for subtle neurodevelopmental changes. They emphasize: ā€¢ Monitoring: The importance of consistent developmental screening for children born during the pandemic ā€¢ Early Intervention: Earty identification of these subtle differences can heip parents and clinicians provide support (such as speech or occupational therapy) sooner.
Screencap of a Facebook post, light grey text on darker grey background, reads: Please consider signing this petition. Their goal is to get to 20K, and they are just over halfway there. We have already seen that the type of system BC is proposing didn't work in Ontario, and many disabled kids there have fallen through the cracks (search the hashtag #50KIsNotOk). There's no reason to expect that it will work here, either, especially given that many of the promises the BC NDP are making in terms of increasing "community based" (aka watered down HUBs) supports are promises they've made since 2017, and failed to deliver. If they've failed to increase these promised and much-needed supports in eight years, how will they now do so in three? (To say nothing of the bottleneck they will create in removing current supports within a year, but not even trying to have their new system up and fully running for three - thousands of kids are going from supported to unsupported in a year, but the government is already telling us, before the change is in place, that lack of staffing is a problem.) Don't fall for government doublespeak. Fight for ALL disabled kids to be supported, not for some kids to be told that they aren't disabled enough, and have their vital supports removed.
Screencap of a tweet from me, @jaclynmacrae, white text on black background, reads: Jaclyn "Cool Gamer Momā„¢ļø" Ferreira - šŸ˜· (she/her) @jaclynmacrae BRB. Just going to tell parents of kids with Leukaemia that their kids got the 'magic diagnosis', because brain tumours are worse. #BCPoli 5:02 PM Feb 20, 2026
A still from an episode of Season 6 of Grey's Anatomy. Centred in the shot is a white woman with short blonde hair; she is wearing a brown, collared shirt, and has a bag hanging over her right shoulder (possibly black leather strap visible). Behind her we see papers and picture frames on the wall, and a dinosaur of a computer screen. In her arms, held to her chest, is a medical file folder with silver brads folded out the back. The womans face shows exhaustion and concern; her lips are slightly pursed, and her brows are slightly furrowed. In the lower right of the image, we see the ABC television bug. The lowercase letters abc centred within a slightly visible circle.
Screencap from CBC's overnight Olympics feed, featuring a replay of the Tuesday men's quarterfinal hockey game between Canada & Czechia. At the top of the screen, in white font, we read: Olympic Winter Games Pacific Prime and Overnight: Day 13 This is superimposed over the game score/stats: ft the Canadian flag (two red bars on the outside flanking a centred red maple leaf on a white background, on the top, and showing 2 goals to the right of it; the Czech Republic flag in the bottom of this table, a blue triangle extending from the left of the flag to about a third of the way of the flag, with the rest of the flag divided evenly between white (on top) and red (on bottom), and showing 3 goals to the right of it. To the right of THAT, it shows Canada with 33 shots on goal to Czechia's 19, and to the right of that, we see 7:42 left in the 3rd period. In the lower 3rd of the screen, we see a yellow video progress bar, and below that, standard video interaction buttons (LHS: play/pause, start from beginning, jump ahead/back 15 seconds, jump to end; RHS: volume, closed captioning, descriptive video, keyboard shortcuts, stream quality, and fullscreen controls). The left two thirds mainly ft a shot of SIX!!!!! players from Czechia in a hug/huddle, excited that they just scored a goal. Their jerseys are white with red across the shoulders - which features the players' names on it (the red), and their numbers in blue, centred on the white part of the jersey below that (player with 88 is closest to camera; his name 'Necas' is the only name visible); they are all also wearing dark royal blue helmets & CCM gloves; the CCM gloves have a red band at the wrist. Each player from R-L has a red number above their head (added by me) 1-6. The right third of the photo features a Ref or Linesman (in standard black and white striped shirt and black helmet) with a yellow R? and L? written on the picture (by me) over his helmet-LITERALLY right in front of the players watching them hug.
Screencap of a 2016 Vancouver Sun news article, black text on white background, reads: Coquitlamā€™s new MLA advocates for kids with autism Coquitlam-Burke Mountainā€™s new MLA-elect says she intends to bring a unique voice as a young mother to B.C.ā€™s legislature. Jodie Wickens, who won the seat for the NDP in Tuesdayā€™s byelection, is now B.C.ā€™s youngest provincial politician, at the age of 33. Author of the article:By Rob Shaw Published Feb 03, 2016 1 minute read Join the conversation Below this text, we see an image of a white woman with blonde hair wearing a suit (black jacket over untucked white dress shirt) flanked by many people who appear to be clapping. Behind her is John Horgan, former BCNDP leader, white man wearing black suit with a blue dress shirt and no tie.
White text on dark grey background reads: "This is not saying... we are driving people to new HUBs... We know that there are some families that are going to experience... a reduction in the amount of direct funding they're receiving... we wanted to ensure that those children were still getting excellent services... even if the way that their support was being provided was changing. The province is... expanding community-based programming, particularly in the areas of behavioral supports, mental health supports for neurodiverse young people..."
A section of a BC Gov announcement on the reduction of supports for disabled kids in the province, giving an example of a disabled child who will lose support, mostly black text on white background, reads: Persona 4 - Ollie Ollie has autism. He is highly verbal and does not have an intellectual disability. He struggles significantly in social interactions and requires intensive social skill development. He also has ADHD and requires modifications at home, school, and in all environments to ensure he remains self-regulated. Ollieā€™s household net income is $120,000. Current System: > Ollie has autism so is eligible for Autism Funding ā€“ this means he will receive $22K/year from age of diagnosis to age 5. At age 6, this amount will decrease to $6,000 per year. If Ollie was diagnosed at age 6 (most common age of diagnosis in BC), he would receive $78,000 in support over his childhood. > Ollie also has access to provincially funded early intervention therapies through a local Child Development Centre. After CYSN Expansion: > Ollie does not qualify for the BC Children and Youth Disability Benefit. While his disability affects his self-regulation and social interactions, his needs do not meet the eligibility threshold for this benefit, which is designed to support children with disabilities with the most significant need for support in daily living. > Ollie still requires early intervention and social supports. > Ollieā€™s parents applied for, and receive, the Federal Disability Tax Credit (DTC) on Ollieā€™s behalf. > Because Ollie receives the DTC, he is automatically enrolled for the new BC Children and Youth Disability Supplement, with no additional application required. This enrollment includes an assessment of his parentā€™s income, and not of Olieā€™s support needs as he is already eligible for the DTC. Alt text continued in next image
Black text on white background, taken from BCNDP election 2024 platform, reads: In our Action Plan for You, we are committed to: ā€¢ Increasing support for students in the critical kindergarten to grade 3 years by staffing each classroom with an education assistant to support complex needs, and to support before- and after-school care programs. ā€¢ Ensuring every public school has a mental health counsellor - freeing up principals and teachers to do the work theyā€™re trained to do and making sure our kids can get help before small problems become big ones. ā€¢ Increasing support for kids with learning disabilities and their families by working with teachers to identify kids who are struggling early and support those kids with strategies to learn, as well as expanding services and interventions for kids with dyslexia and other learning differences.
Black text on white background reads: Autism Funding Autism is a spectrum disorder, and children can have very different support needs. One child may be non-verbal and require significant support. While another child may be highly verbal, have above average intelligence, and be mostly independent. B.C. is moving from the current autism funding model - based solely on diagnosis - to a needs-based system that provides: ā€¢ Funding tailored to each child's functional needs ā€¢ Expanded access to free community-based services - available to all families without needing a diagnosis
Screencap of bsky post from me, white text on dark grey background, reads: Like. They prevented medical care from getting to the person they shot. Where have we heard this before? In the very recent past? What we let happen in Palestine will come home to roost. Or, rather, it's coming home to roost. Jan 7, 2026 at 9:37PM The last portion ā€œWhat we let happen in Palestine will come home to roost. Or, rather, it's coming home to roost.ā€, is highlighted in a light orange colour for emphasis.
Screencap from landing page of deadlyexchange.org, black text on white background, reads: ABOUT DEADLY EXCHANGE One of the most dangerous places where state violence in the U.S. and Israel converge is in exchange programs that bring together police, ICE, border patrol, and FBI from the US with soldiers, police, border agents, etc. from Israel. In these programs, ā€œworst practicesā€ are shared to promote and extend discriminatory and repressive policing in both countries. These include racial profiling, massive spying and surveillance, deportation and detention, and attacks on human rights defenders.
Screencap of tweet from Elon Musk @elonmusk, white text on black background, reads: True 12:43 AM Ā· Jan 9, 2026Ā·6.3M Views Footnote: Elon's tweet now has 6.4M views ~ Elon is retweeting: iamyesyouareno @iamyesyouareno, whose tweet (white text on black background), reads: We have no idea what lies ahead of us. Wake up. 2:24 PM Ā· Jan 8, 2026Ā·6.3M Views ~ @iamyesyouareno's tweet contains a screencap of a tweet from Jerr @jerr_rrej (white text on medium grey background), which reads: Jerr @jerr_rrej If White men become a minority, we will be slaughtered. Remember, if non-Whites openly hate White men while White men hold a collective majority, then they will be 1000x times more hostile and cruel when they are a majority over Whites. White solidarity is the only way to survive. 17:47 AM Ā· Jan 7, 2026Ā·31M Views Footnote: Jerr's tweet now has 41.6M views
Shot of post, whit text on dark grey background, reads: I agree about masking in hospitals during flu season, but I donā€™t think masking would have prevented the current flu wave. It is certainly true that the initial response covid inc masks and lockdowns essentially flat lined flu (better than Covid) but that ship has sailed, like it or not. Jan 7, 2026 at 7:52 am
Screencap of tweet from Gregory Travis. @gregorytravis.com on Bsky @greg_travis, white text on black background, reads: Over 2,500 children in the USA have died from SARS-CoV-2 infections In fact in January of 2022 more children died of COVID in one month than normally die of influenza in an entire year Then in February of 2022 it happened again 7:33 PM Ā· Jan 6, 2026 Ā· 59 Views
Image of a bar graph on white background, showing a range of dates from 2010-2025 from left to right across the bottom of the graph, shows: Title (centre, top; black text): Death certificates showing any of COVID/Influenza/RSV as contributing to death in children 01-7yo. @gregtravis.com Directly below that, the (centred, black text) legend shows, left to right: A small blue box, indicating that colour as associated with COVID data in the graph; a small orange box, indicating that colour as associated with Influenza data in the graph; a small green box, indicating that colour as associated with Influenza data in the graph. 2010-19 show only influenza and RSV deaths: 2010: 60 flu; 35 RSV 11: 122 flu; 46 RSV 12: 88 flu; 42 RSV 13: 165 flu; 42 RSV 14: 159 flu; 43 RSV 15: 120 flu; 46 RSV 16: 124 flu; 49 RSV 17: 153 flu; 50 RSV 18: 183 flu; 32 RSV 19: 212 flu; 46 RSV 2020-25 show all three viruses (note: 2024 and 2025 data is, IIRC, still provisional, so will change over the next while) 2020: 198 COVID; 178 flu; 26 RSV 21: 609 COVID; 21 flu; 23 RSV 22: 743 COVID; 222 flu; 79 RSV 23: 265 COVID; 175 flu; 44 RSV 24: 239 COVID; 258 flu; 35 RSV 25: 89 COVID; 289 flu; 20 RSV
Screencap of tweet from @AbrogateDeez, white text on black background, reads: Virtually no children were killed by Covid 5:22 PM Ā· Jan 5, 2026 Ā· 169 Views
Screencap of a set of text messages. The first message shows a still from @7NewsAustralia TikTok video (shared by a local teen), about brain injury caused by COVID infections. The still of the video shows what appears to be a video taken in a white walled medical facility, at the very edge of the left side of the video, we see a healtcare worker wearing a visor to protect their eyes, as well as a baggy blue mask, and dark blue scrubs; they are giving a needle to a patient, who is at the very edge of the right hand side of the video. The patient is also wearing a baggy blue mask, as well as a light grey t-shirt. Key centred on the video reads (black text on white background): "Qld researchers find COVID alters brain tissue." A caption taken at the moment of screencap (white text on grey background) reads: "alterations long after Covid infections." Below this image, text msgs read: Look at what [name redacted] just sent me šŸ˜­šŸ™ How do I tell [gender redacted] we been knowing?? šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ˜­šŸ™šŸ™
Screencaps of 4 tweets from me, white text on black background: Jul 30, 2024 Babies & other small humans can't tell us they have brain fog. So, how will they communicate? Via their behaviour. And then adults will come online & complain about how kids are so horrible now, and they can't understand why. Adults - we fucked over our kids' generation. https://x.com/BearlyPolitics/BearlyPolitics/status/1817964629751898349 (QT deleted) May 29, 2022 Babies and toddlers canā€™t tell us they have brain fog. #BCEd #BCPoli #WhatAreWeDoing #Enough https://t.co/7d7wYQrXcD (QT deleted) Apr 10, 2022 BABIES CAN'T TELL YOU THEY HAVE BRAIN FOG POST-INFECTION. #MoralBankruptcy #BCEd #BCPoli #CdnPoli QTing @loscharlos Apr 9, 2022 ā€œThese findings imply inflammation in the brain may contribute to cognitive changes after COVID, & could trigger an immunovascular dysregulation via endothelial dysfunction & activation. And..this homeostasis was not regained 10 months later." #LongCovid 4th tweet from me reads: Feb 1, 2022 Whatā€™s the plan for the babies and toddlers who canā€™t tell us they have memory loss or brain fog issues, now that weā€™re letting it rip thru their age group with no protections at all? #BCEd #BCPoli #Immoral https://x.com/AHS_media/stat/AHS_media/status/1488527559843221505 (QT deleted)
Screencap of tweet from Alfred Chien (@alfredchien1), VSB school trustee, white text on black background, reads: As a VSB Trustee, I expect emails -- it's part of the job. But getting 160+ identical emails from the same DPAC admin account, just with different names, isn't advocacy -- it's spam. Let's raise the standard of communication. Our schools deserve better. #VSB #PublicEducation Below this are four screencaps, each featuring lines of emails with the sender 'VANCOUVER DPAC', and title 'Budgeting for Inclusion' and warnings that the emails originated from outside of their organization. The tweet was posted at 21:55 on 2025-04-23 - but has since (this morning, May 4, 2025) been deleted.
Tweet from me, @jaclynmacrae, white text on black background, from Sept 2, 2024, reads: My child is disabled; they are designated under the Ministry of Education. They require supports in their @vsb39 classroom. They are FUNDED to receive those supports. They are *actively* denied those supports; without exaggeration, we are told NO - no EA, no SLP. NO. @Kehyslop
Screencap of two back to back BSKY posts, both with white text on a dark grey background. The first post, from šŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦CanadianšŸ‡ØšŸ‡¦ In Perth @flyingstronger.bsky.social, reads: 3h In a message to The Tyee, Trinh added that while walking through the crowd & chatting to supporters at a campaign event on Tuesday evening, she was told by a handler to return to the media area. She was also restricted from interviewing people inside the venue, she said. thetyee.ca/News/2025/04... This post features an image from the Tyee with a brown brick building in the background on a cold, sunny day. In the foreground is a crowd of onlookers to the left, on the right, we see CPC leader Poilievre (white man, short dark hair, glasses, wearing dark clothing) shaking someone's hand (also a white man, balding, wearing dark clothing). The article is titled Three Things Reporters Would Ask Poilievre. If They Could | The Tyee ~ The second post, from J. Offir, PhD @joffirphd.bsky.social, reads: 1m The WH is giving the silent treatment to journos with preferred pronouns in their bios b/c, per ultimate middle school mean girl Karoline Leavitt, they "clearly [don't] care about...reality or truth and therefore cannot be trusted to write an honest story.ā€ www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202... This post features an image from the Washington Post which shows White House spox Karoline Leavitt (white lady with blonde hair) facing camera, with a scrum of various reporters grouped behind her. They are all, Leavitt included, dressed in dark clothing. This article is titled: White House says it ignores journalists who use pronouns in email bios
Screencap of passage from the January 2025 Inclusive Education Working Group Report, titled: ADVOCATING FOR EQUITY: A CAREGIVER-LED EXAMINATION OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN VANCOUVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS Black text on white background, reads: Adequate funding matters for SWD The survey showed that families want to see meaningful, sustained improvements in support for SWD. There is a direct relationship between student support and funding levels. We were concerned, though not surprised, to learn that the VSBā€™s inclusion budget has been shrinking relative to the number of students requiring support. However, we did not expect to find that the inclusion budget had fallen below the level of ministry grant funding provided for Level 1, 2, and 3 designated students. Nor did we expect the VSB to underspend their inclusive education budget by $2.8 Million in the 2023/24 school year. These are alarming facts. "Nor did we expect the VSB to underspend their inclusive education budget by $2.8 Million in the 2023/24 school year." is highlighted in red.
Screencap from study, black text highlighted in orange, on a white background, reads: Key findings reveal that in patient wards, the short-range viral dose is 10-fold higher than the long-range component, highlighting the critical role of close proximity interactions. Implementation of FFP2 respirators resulted in a remarkable 13-fold reduction in viral dose, underscoring the effectiveness of personal protective equipment (PPE). Additionally, the model demonstrated that an 8 h exposure in a poorly ventilated office can equate to the risk of a 15 min face-to-face, mask-less interaction, emphasizing the importance of physical distancing and source control.
Screencap of tweet from Dr. Jen Gunther, white text on black background, reads: I was just asked to be on The National to discuss Roe and abortion...and then I found out it would be a panel with a "pro-life/anti-abortion" voice. I am livid and sent this reply. I couldn't care less if this means I will not be asked back to the CBC. It needed to be said. 12:40 PM June 24, 2022 Her tweet contains a screencap of her email to CBC, which is in the next image, and ALT text is provided there, as it's too long to fit in this description.
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