Disability no bar to good parenting

THE recent removal of a child from a young mother with a disability, reported in today's Saturday Age, is heart-wrenching and disturbing and leaves me and those involved in the case in emotional turmoil. Goodness knows, then, how the poor mother, ''Rebecca'', is coping, let alone her child.
It appears, however, that the removal of children from parents with a disability, basically because they have a disability, may be not so uncommon.

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politics/disability-no-bar-to-good-parenting-20121214-2bf75.html#ixzz2F4OwMSGk

Autism Links

Secret Agent Society

http://www.sst-institute.net/au/index/


Autism: parents make the difference

http://www.west-info.eu/autism-parents-make-the-difference/


Autistic Child Defended in Cafe - video

Autistic Child Defended in Café | Video - ABC News


Does The Brain Come Unglued in Autism?

http://psychcentral.com/news/2012/12/12/does-the-brain-come-unglued-in-autism/49001.html



Boy With Asperger’s Lands ‘Jeopardy!’ Tryout

http://www.disabilityscoop.com/2012/12/11/boy-aspergers-jeopardy/16926/

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

ADHD / Aspergers behaviour seminar

Seminar for those with children with ADHD and / or Aspergers:

The brochure can be found at

http://www.addact.org.au/What's%20On.htm

but you will need to go to the month of September and click on HERE
which is hyperlinked. The brochure is also attached.

One of our members designed and produced the brochure and she did an
excellent job.

If you need any further information, please ring 6287 4608

Parents of Picky Eaters, It’s Not Your Fault

In spite of what the country’s leading food scientists and pediatricians know or don’t know, parents of the picky are targeted for blame by parents of the non-picky. In our food-obsessed, competitive culture, what our children eat has become yet another yardstick used by parents to make them feel superior to other parents.
It’s time to just stop it. Stop all of it. Now.

http://parenting.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/09/parents-of-picky-eaters-its-not-your-fault/?smid=fb-share

24 hour Autism Hotline - did you know?

I had never heard of this before - what a great idea! apparently staffed by other parents.

Autism Advisory and Support Service
http://www.aass.org.au/index.html

24 Hour Autism Hotline 1300 222 777

Disabled couple thrilled they’ll be able to keep their baby

WONDERFUL news for this couple!!!
but..... WHY did they have to prove they were fit to care for their baby? and why was it assumed they couldn't because of their disabilities????

http://www.thestar.com/news/article/1173602--disabled-couple-thrilled-they-ll-be-able-to-keep-their-baby

The proud parents of a 3-week-old baby boy learned Friday that they won’t lose their child to the Peel Children’s Aid Society after all.
“Yay!” Maricyl Palisoc, 34, yelled as she carried 9-pound William into her assisted living apartment unit in Mississauga with her fiancé, Charlie Wilton, 28. Both parents have cerebral palsy.
They had feared they would lose the baby, but a family conference meeting was held Friday with Peel CAS and the parents showed that they can address the safety and well-being of their child.
They have a personal care worker with them 24 hours a day and grandparents willing to help.
It’s been an emotional three weeks after their son was born by C-section at Mount Sinai Hospital.