A few hours ago we received a report confirming that Lucy Dunn has passed away unexpectedly.

Lucy Dunn’s death has revealed that she committed suicide. Facebook users have expressed their sadness with shorts tribute on their timeline.

RIP Lucy Dunn. 💔

I had the honour of knowing this wonderful woman who helped me so much with Carmela and the systems to help children with disabilities, but sadly it got way to difficult constantly fighting and the systems failing her that she took her own life.

Today so many will say goodbye to the wonderful Lucy Dunn.

Lucy was an amazing human, with a massive heart, a courageous spirit and whole lot of fight.

Lucy was a mum to a gorgeous boy with complex needs, she was the best mum he could have hoped for, her ability to communicate with him blew me away and with her never ending energy advocated for him tirelessly.

Lucy was part of the Can-Do Bootcamp and we worked together 1:1 to support her son the best way possible.

Lucy was dealt a cruel hand – not by having her delightful son but by the system she entered when she had him. She had to fight this system for everything, housing, transport, therapies, the list went on. But fight she did and she inspired me to fight for her and for others.

If you don’t have a child with special needs you may look at those who do with sympathy and think ‘boy that must be hard’ It is true that having a child with additional needs comes with additional challenges, but that is nothing compared with the challenges that come with ‘the system’

You see the system does not support these parents, as you may expect. It puts barriers in place, red tape in place, it holds back, sends complex forms, discharges, denies, reduces, holds back, and chooses. I often find myself describing this system as abusive and I find a lot of the trauma that these parents go through is not because their child has additional needs but because the system makes it impossible.

They have to sum up and waste their energy day after day, that energy could be better spent directly with their child, instead of navigating a broken system.

Lucy, like so many of the parents I work with was brave, and fierce and exhausted. Yet everyday she fought on until it became too much.

It is heartbreaking , that Lucy felt she couldn’t go on, I desperately wish I could have been there for her, had one more conversation, helped her more, said something that would have helped.

But Lucy is gone. She took her own life just before Christmas and society should hang it’s head in shame.

These warrior parents deserve more, they should be celebrated, supported, held, guided, nurtured and seen. We all have a role to play in that.

Lucy taught me so much, she gave me so much and I will carry her legacy forward, I will do more, fight more, help more, be more, because of Lucy.

And if you have a family in your life who have to fight the heartless system, listen to them, understand, stand by and appreciate the fight they go through everyday, not because their precious child has additional needs, but because they are thrust into a system that makes is so much worse.

Goodbye darling Lucy RIP 🧡

What Happened to Lucy.

Well, unfortunately, we do not have any reliable information on happened to her  at this moment. It is believed that she killed her self.

Our team is trying hard to get some information on his cause of death. Once we do, we will share it with you.

Our heartfelt condolences go out to the deceased’s family and friends, who have been struggling with the loss of such an intelligent and compassionate individual.

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