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Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Whitehead- Looking Beyond Election Day: The Issues That Threaten to Derail the Nation
Oppose CRPD in Social Media Today!
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October 31, 2012
Oppose CRPD in Social Media Today!
I know this is outside the “comfort zone” of a lot of us, but it is vital we get the message in front of the public and our policy makers today. Please put messages in your own words, but here are a few you can quote or use as a springboard to get you started: The #UNCRPD undermines #parentalrights for those with disabled children. Children are better protected through #parentalrights than the “best interests” principle of the #CRPD. #CRPD destroys parents’ rights and American sovereignty, does nothing for disabled Americans. Parents with disabled kids need support, not new bosses. Reject the #CRPD. US ratifying #CRPD will not force changes abroad or help disabled Americans. American law for Americans! Reject #CRPD. Support #parentalrights for disabled parents and parents with disabled kids. Support our vets: keep the American self-government they fought for. Reject the #CRPD. Thank you for joining us in this important social media campaign! Sincerely, Michael Ramey Director of Communications & Research |
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Report on Parents with Disabilities and Their Children
From: Robyn Powell [mailto:RPowell@ncd.gov]
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 11:04 AM
To: ABA Center on Children and the Law
Subject: Report on Parents with Disabilities and Their Children
Good afternoon,
On Thursday, September 27, the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency, released "Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children," a groundbreaking policy study, infused with real life stories of parents with disabilities, to provide a comprehensive overview of factors that support and obstruct Americans with all kinds of disabilities from exercising their fundamental right to begin and maintain families. If you have already received this, I apologize for the duplication and thank you for your ongoing support.
"Rocking the Cradle" explores the pervasive prejudices faced by parents with disabilities by exposing the disparate treatment often encountered by parents with disabilities and their children within court and service systems and offers draft model state and federal statutory language to correct the discrimination faced by parents with disabilities in the United States. The full report is available on NCD's website at: http://www.ncd.gov/publications/2012/Sep272012/
Key findings from the report include:
* Estimates indicate 6.1 million children in the U.S. have parents with disabilities - Nearly 1 in 10, almost 10% of the population.
* Parents with disabilities are the only distinct community of Americans who struggle to retain custody of their children because of their status.
o Removal rates of parents with psychiatric disabilities is as high as 70 - 80%
o Removal rates of parents with intellectual disabilities is as high as 80%
o Extremely high removal rates and loss of parental rights for parents with sensory or physical disabilities.
* Parents with disabilities are more likely to lose custody of their children after divorce.
* Prospective parents with disabilities have more difficulty when it comes to accessing reproductive health care such as assisted reproductive technologies.
* Prospective parents with disabilities face significant barriers to adopting children.
* In the face of numerous obstacles, hope remains with several programs that show promise, long-term sustainable impact and potential for replication. With more funding, model programs currently serving American parents with disabilities could easily grow and develop nationwide to better serve this often overlooked population.
In light of your related work with families, I thought you may be interested in this report and hoped you would be able to assist in dissemination. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss ways that we may collaborate on this important topic.
Thank you,
Robyn
Robyn M. Powell
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20004
rpowell@ncd.gov <mailto:rpowell@ncd.gov>
202-236-9651
Sent: Monday, October 29, 2012 11:04 AM
To: ABA Center on Children and the Law
Subject: Report on Parents with Disabilities and Their Children
Good afternoon,
On Thursday, September 27, the National Council on Disability (NCD), an independent federal agency, released "Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of Parents with Disabilities and Their Children," a groundbreaking policy study, infused with real life stories of parents with disabilities, to provide a comprehensive overview of factors that support and obstruct Americans with all kinds of disabilities from exercising their fundamental right to begin and maintain families. If you have already received this, I apologize for the duplication and thank you for your ongoing support.
"Rocking the Cradle" explores the pervasive prejudices faced by parents with disabilities by exposing the disparate treatment often encountered by parents with disabilities and their children within court and service systems and offers draft model state and federal statutory language to correct the discrimination faced by parents with disabilities in the United States. The full report is available on NCD's website at: http://www.ncd.gov/publications/2012/Sep272012/
Key findings from the report include:
* Estimates indicate 6.1 million children in the U.S. have parents with disabilities - Nearly 1 in 10, almost 10% of the population.
* Parents with disabilities are the only distinct community of Americans who struggle to retain custody of their children because of their status.
o Removal rates of parents with psychiatric disabilities is as high as 70 - 80%
o Removal rates of parents with intellectual disabilities is as high as 80%
o Extremely high removal rates and loss of parental rights for parents with sensory or physical disabilities.
* Parents with disabilities are more likely to lose custody of their children after divorce.
* Prospective parents with disabilities have more difficulty when it comes to accessing reproductive health care such as assisted reproductive technologies.
* Prospective parents with disabilities face significant barriers to adopting children.
* In the face of numerous obstacles, hope remains with several programs that show promise, long-term sustainable impact and potential for replication. With more funding, model programs currently serving American parents with disabilities could easily grow and develop nationwide to better serve this often overlooked population.
In light of your related work with families, I thought you may be interested in this report and hoped you would be able to assist in dissemination. Please let me know if you have any questions or would like to discuss ways that we may collaborate on this important topic.
Thank you,
Robyn
Robyn M. Powell
National Council on Disability
1331 F Street NW, Suite 850
Washington, DC 20004
rpowell@ncd.gov <mailto:rpowell@ncd.gov>
202-236-9651
Tuesday, October 30, 2012
Liberty Quotes
"God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless."-- Chester W. Nimitz
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Chester.Nimitz.Quote.B755
"To know what is right and not do it is the worst cowardice."-- Confucius [Kung Fu-tse] (551-479 B.C.)
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Confucius.Quote.2810
"I have found some of the best reasons I ever had for remaining at the bottom simply by looking at the men at the top."-- Frank Moore Colby
http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quote_blog/Frank.Colby.Quote.1C83
American Minute with Bill Federer Oct. 30 - "...they may change their rulers...but they will not obtain lasting liberty"- John Adams
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