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346 </div> 347 </div> 348 </div> 349 </div> 350 </div> 351 <div data-elementor-type="wp-page" data-elementor-id="426" class="elementor elementor-426" data-elementor-post-type="page"> 352 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-4fe8c40 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="4fe8c40" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> 353 <div class="e-con-inner"> 354 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8a3b50d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="8a3b50d" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> 355 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 356 <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">About us</h2> </div> 357 </div> 358 </div> 359 </div> 360 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-984f696 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="984f696" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"> 361 <div class="e-con-inner"> 362 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-df310e3 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="df310e3" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"> 363 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-5368876 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="5368876" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 364 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 365 <p><strong>AbleChild:</strong> Parents for Label and Drug Free Education is a nationally recognized Non-Profit Organization (501c3) dedicated to parents, caregivers, and childrenâs rights alike. Incorporated in New York in November 2003, Ablechild is steadily moving toward ensuring that all caregivers are provided with a safe haven, resource center, and support network when faced with issues surrounding subjective psychiatric labels assigned, and drug âtreatmentâ prescribed, to our nationâs vulnerable children.</p><p align="left">AbleChild, a national parentâs rights organization, is dedicated to protecting full informed consent and the right to refuse psychiatric services.</p> </div> 366 </div> 367 </div> 368 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-8419c58 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child" data-id="8419c58" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"> 369 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-0d8bdc3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image" data-id="0d8bdc3" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-settings="{"sticky":"top","sticky_on":["desktop","tablet"],"sticky_parent":"yes","sticky_offset":0,"sticky_effects_offset":0,"sticky_anchor_link_offset":0}" data-widget_type="image.default"> 370 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 371 <img fetchpriority="high" decoding="async" width="800" height="487" src="https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/medwatch-1024x623.jpg" class="attachment-large size-large wp-image-5771" alt="" srcset="https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/medwatch-1024x623.jpg 1024w, https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/medwatch-300x182.jpg 300w, https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/medwatch-768x467.jpg 768w, https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/medwatch.jpg 1256w" sizes="(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px" /> </div> 372 </div> 373 </div> 374 </div> 375 </div> 376 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-3dfcc25 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="3dfcc25" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> 377 <div class="e-con-inner"> 378 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-e1caca6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="e1caca6" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> 379 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 380 <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Mission</h2> </div>
381 </div> 382 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-a770e1c elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="a770e1c" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> 383 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 384 <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Protect children from psychiatric labels and drugs</h2> </div> 385 </div> 386 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-9794219 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video" data-id="9794219" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-settings="{"video_type":"hosted","controls":"yes"}" data-widget_type="video.default"> 387 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 388 <div class="e-hosted-video elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline"> 389 <video class="elementor-video" src="https://www.ablechild.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/AbleChild-Mission-360p.mp4" controls="" preload="metadata" controlsList="nodownload"></video> 390 </div> 391 </div> 392 </div> 393 </div> 394 </div> 395 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-591ab6e e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="591ab6e" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container" data-settings="{"background_background":"classic"}"> 396 <div class="e-con-inner"> 397 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-1b81511 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="1b81511" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> 398 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 399 <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">Informed consent can be effectively exercised only if the patient possesses enough information to enable an intelligent choice</h2> </div> 400 </div> 401 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-ab857ac elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor" data-id="ab857ac" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="text-editor.default"> 402 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 403 <p>â The American Medical Association, 1999.</p> </div> 404 </div> 405 </div> 406 </div> 407 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-905e547 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent" data-id="905e547" data-element_type="container" data-e-type="container"> 408 <div class="e-con-inner"> 409 <div class="elementor-element elementor-element-6586872 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading" data-id="6586872" data-element_type="widget" data-e-type="widget" data-widget_type="heading.default"> 410 <div class="elementor-widget-container"> 411 <h2 class="elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default">
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