Many parents, who have learning disabilities, are being labelled by social services as ‘unfit to parent’. The child is removed and placed with foster carer’s, and the parents are expected to get legal aid which is very upsetting and confusing. Many parents with learning difficulties will be treated a lot harsher by the system, then parents who don’t have learning problems. The child is then put under a care order and adopted by another family within the year.

I want to campaign for parents with learning difficulties to get the help they so deserve, parents with learning problems have a right to parent with the right sort of support without being made to feel guilty that they’re doing it wrong. Many parents in this situation are too frightened to ask for help, lest their child is removed. The government have no idea how many parents are in doctor’s records who are registered as having ‘learning difficulties’, we aim to change this.

Check out a website titled, ‘they said what!!?’ And the ‘Disabled Parents Network’ for more stories along these lines.

Thank you very much.