Date: Tuesday 22 June 2021
Time: 16:00 - 18:00
Venue:
Disabled people are considered to exist outside the boundaries of reproduction. Their greatest challenge is to overcome society's refusal to recognise them as potential parents and functional family units.
They are often seen as offering a not ‘good enough’ type of parenting, falling short of the ideal parenting benchmarks. Care and health professionals, as well as the family court system are known to operate from a deficit model of disability aspect.
Cases where children are taken away from disabled parents because they are deemed unfit, sometimes with legal procedures starting prenatally, are often reported. However, the experiences of disabled parents have been unexamined and underserved by boarder policies and supports relating to families and parenthood.
Listening to the voices of disabled parents exposes gaps in policies and practices that ignore them and impinge upon their parenting experiences and offer an important perspective to traditional interpretations of disabled parenting. This webinar aims to bring to light the experiences of disabled parents, from a number of impairment groups and contexts, in order to understand the social challenges and required supports of disabled parents.
Contact the Department of Disability Studies to register.
