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An understanding of the nature of intellectual disability
is essential for health care professionals, who are required to support
equal access to their services for all disabled people.
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'The consistency
of the writings by legal scholars particularly in North America
that we have described here is compelling evidence of discrimination
against parents with intellectual disability. Overall, it seems
there is a widely held view in statutory child protection proceedings
about the inevitable failure of people with intellectual disability
as parents. This results in the merits of each individual case being
cast aside and unnecessary harm done by removing children and placing
them in the uncertain circumstances of alternative care ... The
future challenge lies in investigating this discrimination in specific
jurisdictions in an urgently needed attempt to identify the ways
and means by which this discrimination can be prevented.'
(McConnell, D., & Llewellyn, G., (2000) Disability and discrimination
in statutory child protection proceedings. Disability and Society,
15(6), p.891-2)
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Department of Health in England.
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