Child removals from intellectually disabled parents 'inhumane'

Human rights advocates say intellectually disabled parents in Australia are having their children taken into state care at an alarming rate because of entrenched prejudice.

State governments say the safety of the child is paramount, while disability rights advocates say removals are wrong and inhumane.

Intellectually disabled parents make up just 1 per cent of the general parenting population, but they represent 10 per cent of parents who are before the courts in New South Wales fighting to have their children returned.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-10-23/calls-for-changes-to-child-removals-from-disabled-parents/4329772