Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids

[kwillia]

Interesting debate... my feelings on the subject in a nutshell... I believe child-protective services has just as much right and authority to analyze the safety and well-being of a child in a disabled parents family just as much as they do in a family without apparent disabilities. Having disabilities should not entitle you to special waivers of child health/safety expectations. An endangered child has the same rights to expectation of protection regardless of the parents income, race, religion, disabilities, political affiliation... etc. etc. etc.





Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report - WTOP.com

The new report, titled "Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children," estimates that 6.1 million U.S. children have disabled parents. It says these parents are more at risk than other parents of losing custody of their children, including removal rates as high as 80 percent for parents with psychiatric or intellectual disabilities.

Parents with all types of disabilities _ physical or mental _ are more likely to lose custody of their children after divorce, have more difficulty accessing assisted-reproductive treatments to bear children, and face significant barriers to adopting children, the report says.

[daylily]

Originally Posted by kwillia

Interesting debate... my feelings on the subject in a nutshell... I believe child-protective services has just as much right and authority to analyze the safety and well-being of a child in a disabled parents family just as much as they do in a family without apparent disabilities. Having disabilities should not entitle you to special waivers of child health/safety expectations. An endangered child has the same rights to expectation of protection regardless of the parents income, race, religion, disabilities, political affiliation... etc. etc. etc.





Disabled parents face bias, loss of kids: report - WTOP.com

The new report, titled "Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children," estimates that 6.1 million U.S. children have disabled parents. It says these parents are more at risk than other parents of losing custody of their children, including removal rates as high as 80 percent for parents with psychiatric or intellectual disabilities.

Parents with all types of disabilities _ physical or mental _ are more likely to lose custody of their children after divorce, have more difficulty accessing assisted-reproductive treatments to bear children, and face significant barriers to adopting children, the report says.

I agree with you completely. My only concern is that the kids are safe and well cared for. And the fact that children are more likely to be removed from a psychotic parent is not a bad thing. If there are two parents and one has psychiatric issues, it makes complete sense that the kids be placed with the sane parent. Like every other custody battle, everything should be taken into account. No special treatment should be granted.