Disabled Parent's Political Union
- Home
- United Kingdom
- Nottingham
- Disabled Parent's Political Union
15% of physically disabled parents face attempts to have their children removed just because they are disabled. We want to amend the law so all are equal.
Address
Nottingham
Website
Alerts
Be the first to know and let us send you an email when Disabled Parent's Political Union posts news and promotions. Your email address will not be used for any other purpose, and you can unsubscribe at any time.
Shortcuts
Share
Category
Because Disabled Parents Have a Right to Family Life Too.....
Disabled Parents’ Political Union was set up in response to 20 years of discrimination experienced by a disabled mother of five. Despite it being 2018, there is NO legislation to protect disabled parents in their parenting roles and professionals misuse the ‘capacity’ phrase in the Children’s Act 1989 to interrogate disabled parents and deny them the right to a peaceful family life.
Authorities say they *have to* question parents with disabilities despite the fact that the Children’s Act does not mention the word disability in relation to capacity. This assumption is based entirely on personal prejudice. The Equality Act allows this discrimination by default because there is no section in it to prevent prejudice to disabled parents.
This attitude belongs in the time of Dickens, not in the 21st century and we will continue to pressure the government until the laws are changed to give ALL equal rights to a family.
