Disabled Parents Political Union

I had planned a home birth because I have cerebral palsy, osteoarthritis and a replaced hip joint. I figured that being able to move around in my own environment, not being strapped to a bed and in familiar surroundings that were already kitted out for disability was t...

When I had my first child back in 1996 I was told that the major university hospital I gave birth at had *never* delivered a woman with cerebral palsy before. Their complete lack of disabled facilities reflected this.

Access Issues

At the time there were no flat access s...

When I had my first child 23 years ago, pram suspension didn't exist so I had the pick of pretty much any pram I wanted for my baby, as long as it wasn't too heavy. By the time I had my son 11 years later pram manufacturers had just started bringing in suspension to th...

After leaving school, like any teenager I was looking forward to what I would do with the rest of my life. It was an exciting time, full of possibility, or so I thought. I’d left the school bullies behind who had either teased me, avoided me or on some occasions, assau...

A blind American mum who was declared legally blind when her children were 2 and 3 years old, due to Retinitis Pigmentosa, is pushing forward a new bill called Family Preservation for Parents with Disability after she was forced to move away in order to keep joint cust...

According to a study by Israel’s Bar Ilan University, children of blind or deaf parents are:

'Findings revealed that levels of empathy and emotional awareness of others (a measure of emotional literacy) were higher among children of parents with a sensory disability tha...

In the second case I have heard in just a few days, a mother with a medical condition is threatened with child loss because she refuses consent for a medical intervention.  A woman with cerebral palsy who uses a wheelchair and her 'abled' partner, had their baby snatch...

I recently went with my daughter and son on a trip to an Italian café to celebrate my daughter's birthday.  It was an interesting afternoon with her contemplating what it was like to grow up in a family where most of the people in it were disabled.  She told me that pe...