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...

I have a best friend who is 'abled'.  I've known her forever and our relationship endured longer than my marriage did.  We do almost everything together and she was there the day my son was born and was the first non-relative to hold him.  We talk about love, men, kids...

When challenging  authorities over why they continuously  bring up parental disability in child custody proceedings as if it were a risk factor for abuse,  I am constantly told that they *have to* bring up disability to assess 'capacity', as per the Children's Act 198...