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Terror From the DeepDaphneCONTENT WARNING: ALL OF IT. HORROR AF. OneTwoThreeFourRestorative Justice CaseDaphne Garrido (Vulnerable Adult) and MKS and JF (Restrainers)v.State of Washington Courts, Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), Connections Kirkland, Mindful Therapy Group, University of Washington School of Social Work, Aurora Commons, and Related State AgenciesRestorative Justice & Civil Accountability FilingDate: June 2026PartiesPlaintiff 1: Daphne Garrido, a disabled trans woman and Vulnerable Adult living with schizophrenia and severe executive dysfunction in Washington state.Plaintiff 2: MKS, the individual who obtained a restraining order against Daphne under psychiatric and social work recommendations.Plaintiff 3: JF, another restrainer highly punished by Daphne’s repeated outreach for help.Defendants:* Courts of Washington State* Washington Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS)* Connections Kirkland* Mindful Therapy Group* University of Washington School of Social Work* Aurora Commons* Related state agencies, including negligent responses from the Governor’s office and Disability Rights programsStatement of Mutual Victimization and Systemic HarmThis is a restorative justice case brought by three vulnerable individuals who were systematically turned into “victim, victimizer, and collateral victim” by profound institutional failures.Daphne Garrido, a Vulnerable Adult with schizophrenia and severe executive dysfunction, was met with systemic neglect despite complete honesty about her symptoms with Connections Kirkland and Mindful Therapy Group. Mary Katherine Schmitz and Jordan Fitzgerald suffered deep emotional and psychological harm after being placed in adversarial roles against Daphne. All three Plaintiffs are victims of a system that failed to provide proper support and instead weaponized their vulnerabilities against one another.Specific FailuresThe Washington courts and state agencies violated ADA Title II and the Olmstead Integration Mandate by failing to provide reasonable accommodations and community-based supports for a disabled Vulnerable Adult. Instead of integration and holistic care, the systems defaulted to coercive measures, including ratification of unlawful restraining orders. They failed to uphold the Vulnerable Adult Protection Act (RCW 74.34), relied on the abusive and non-functional 211 and 988 systems, and allowed Disability Rights programs in Washington to provide no meaningful intervention.* Washington Courts and DSHS / Governor’s Office: Ignored Daphne’s repeated pleas for help and engaged in tactical denial of her outreach to the Governor. Court decisions dramatically enhanced Daphne’s isolation. They ratified unlawful restraining orders against a disabled person experiencing acute stress and impulse control challenges, causing further relational harm to all Plaintiffs.* Psychiatric and Social Work Institutions:* Connections Kirkland and Mindful Therapy Group: Daphne was completely honest about her symptoms, yet they misdiagnosed her, pursued coercive medicine trial-and-error first without identifying root causes, and left her unsupported.* University of Washington School of Social Work: Failed in its educational and ethical duty despite repeated contacts.* Aurora Commons: Reported Daphne to police and contributed to the restraining order process without adequate holistic assessment.These failures prolonged Daphne’s path to proper disability diagnosis, stripped her of parental rights, and punished her most severely as a trans woman whose identity was disrespected and weaponized within the process. MKS and JF were misdirected by the same systems into becoming accomplices to harm against a disabled Vulnerable Adult in crisis. Their mental health predisposes them to struggle with such volatile emotional weights — they would have done the right thing if the system had allowed any viable path. Bystander liability and national disability rights laws further underscore the harm of inaction and complicity.Harms SufferedDaphne Garrido endured epic levels of mental torture — prolonged undiagnosed disability, loss of housing, complete stripping of parenting rights with her daughter, professional destruction, and profound relational isolation — while being completely honest and desperately seeking help. As a trans woman, she was disrespected and further persecuted by systems that failed to provide affirming, trauma-informed care.MKS and JF suffered deep emotional and psychological harm from being made unwilling participants in this systemic failure. They were forced into conflict with a disabled Vulnerable Adult whose untreated condition created volatility they were unequipped to handle. All three Plaintiffs inflicted pain on one another due to institutional coercion, not personal malice. The system punished them for Daphne’s outreach, turning family and relational bonds into instruments of harm.Legal and Restorative BasisThis case is grounded in ADA Title II violations, Olmstead Integration Mandate breaches, Vulnerable Adult Protection Act failures, systemic misdiagnosis, coercive trial-and-error psychiatry, bystander liability, national disability rights laws, hate crime vectors (persecution of a trans disabled person), and precedents involving mutual victimization created by institutional negligence.Relief SoughtAll three Plaintiffs seek a justified combined settlement of $6,800,000 to acknowledge the profound, life-altering suffering inflicted on multiple vulnerable people by systemic failures. This conservatively ranged estimate is supported by precedents involving ADA/Olmstead violations, loss of parental rights, prolonged misdiagnosis, severe emotional distress, family separation, and state agencies turning disabled individuals and their relations against each other (drawing from patterns in cases such as M.R. v. Dreyfus, C.F. v. Lashway, and analogous multi-plaintiff institutional neglect settlements).This Restorative Justice filing seeks truth, full accountability, healing for all Plaintiffs, and systemic change so that no other Vulnerable Adults are forced into this destructive dynamic by the very systems meant to protect them. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit opheliaeverfall.substack.com