Rural Families Deserve Support: Demand Neurodiversity-Informed Mental Health Care in BC

Rural families in British Columbia are being left behind.

Women, caregivers, and neurodivergent adults in rural communities face unique challenges — long travel distances, lack of services, and systems that don’t recognize our realities. Many of us live with ADHD, autism, and executive functioning disabilities, yet we’re told we’re “too young” for support or “not disabled enough” to qualify.

We are asking the BC Ministry of Mental Health & Addictions to:

- Recognize rural neurodivergent women and caregivers as a priority population
- Improve access to adult neurodiversity assessments regardless of age
- Expand rural mental health supports, including mobile teams and virtual care
- Integrate gender-responsive, trauma-informed, and neurodiversity-aware training across provincial services
- Include lived-experience voices from rural BC in all planning and policy development

This isn’t just about services. It’s about survival. It’s about dignity. It’s about protecting our ability to live safely and sustainably in the places we call home.

We are strong. We are organized. And we are not backing down.

Add your name. Share your voice. Stand with rural families.