Looking for suggestions/guidence

[SilverDragonLily]

My niece Amy has just started Kindergarden this year, but she doesn't know how to speak clearly, her abcs, 123s or even colors. But now she is having trouble, and in the morning's she delay's getting on the bus and refuses it. when she wakes up, she goes to the garbage can and tries to puke, and when they do get her to school, at the end she refuses to get back on the bus
My sister thinks she has nerve problems and may be handicap-basically if she is, then my sister gets money for her. this is the latent intent- and so my sister took her to the doctors, and they want to take her to another better hospital miles away-too far for me to drive, so Amy's dad will have to take her
they also took blood, and Amy is only 5 years old, so naturally when she realized what was going to happen, she ran out of the room, rather tried to.
but when I took Amy and my sister home-I drove them to the doctor's. my sister told her husband Glen what Amy did and how she ran. Immediatly he began to yell at her asking why she did that, and how she knows better than that. It was pitiful because she's only 5, and I know myself and other kids who do the same. but she started crying, and he continued saying if she went to that other doctor's appointment they would do more tests involving blood tests and needles
its not totally her nerves, if the doctor's knew how she was treated at home, they wouldn't need to send her to a hospital for more tests. her parents yell at her, neglect her and see their other daughter as better, and Amy's younger sister the other day threw a green tomatoe and it smashed against Amy's head in the yard when they were playing. and Amy didn't even do anything at all to deserve this treatment and she could have been hurt! but her mother didn't care, saying that Amy deserved it.
My sister and her husband are unfit to raise children, and their punishments are cruel and could actually do more harm. they scream at the kids all the time, and give better treatment to the youngest one. Meanwhile, Amy has to stand in the corner all day, sit on cans of corn, touch her toes and be in the position for a certain amount of time and my sister even threatened that she would cut the head off of Amy's favorite doll!
I'm hoping that the teacher's and doctor's aren;t too dumb to not notice this...but if they do see it then what will happen to my nieces? and I was thinking of doing a protection spell for Amy for the time being...
and my mom and relatives know what is going on, and they do nothing about it! so I don't know how to react! I know there is a number you can call...you can even tell police and everything anonymously but why won't my mother do that?
does anyone have any advice or suggestions? thanks

[KaiAidan]

well I can probley tell you why your mothers knows but does nothing. It is fear. If she where to call the athorities han there is a chance they will go into fostercare so most family members will not call on another family member even though some should. I say you should watch the treatment of the children and if it is really bad abuse and negelect shouldnt happen. Well if there is a problem the child abuse hotline is in the front of most phone books. It usally is a 1800 number and you can report things with out your name and stuff. some times being reported helps parents sometimes there is no helping them and the children should be near them. I have seen a lot of this in my line of work. Sometimes the hardest is reporting someone you know even though at times you should. I hoope the situation imporveds for you and your neices.

[SilverDragonLily]

I hope the situation improves too:( If I were old enough, and had a job I would turn them in and see if I could adopt my niece. but I'm only 18...and I don't even think I could handle a child:-/
thanks for the advice, I feel comforted. I will watch and see what happens, and maybe the doctor's/teachers will figure it out and all will be well. and if not, I'll call and leave an anonymous tip