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[james brown]

Thanks Sheri for this timely news.  I am going to court over this very issue next week, and I will be sure to take this documentation.  It will also be good to add to our fact sheet when taking our Parenting with Disabilities Legislation: Family Protection Act this January.  I hope all of you can attend our legislative seminar and day on the hill at the start of the new year.  Watch for details.

Best Wishes,

James Brown, President
National Federation of the Blind of Tennessee 

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On Oct 3, 2012, at 8:38 AM, Sheri Anderson <sheri.k.anderson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Good morning NFB of Tennessee,
> 
> I just wanted to share the below findings in a report compiled by The
> National Council on Disability. The info will definitely find its
> place in the hearts of some of us here at home in TN.
> 
> Warmly,
> Sheri Anderson
> 
> The National Council on Disability (NCD) just released a ground
> breaking report entitled Rocking the Cradle: Ensuring the Rights of
> Parents with Disabilities and Their Children. It documents serious
> problems for both parents with disabilities and their children. Among
> its many findings and recommendations are:
>  There are 4.1 million parents with disabilities in the United
> States, roughly 6.2 percent of all American parents with children
> under the age of 18. Of the parents with disabilities, 2.8 percent
> have a mobility disability, 2.3 percent have a cognitive disability,
> 2.3 percent have a daily activity limitation, 1.4 percent have a
> hearing disability, and 1.2 percent have a vision disability.
>  Parents with disabilities struggle to retain custody of their
> children. Removal rates where parents have a psychiatric disability
> have been found to be as high as 70 percent
> to 80 percent; where the parent has an intellectual disability, 40
> percent to 80 percent. In families where the parental disability is
> physical, 13 percent have reported discriminatory treatment in custody
> cases. Parents who are deaf or blind report extremely high rates of
> child removal and loss of parental rights. Parents with disabilities
> are more likely to lose custody of their children after divorce, have
> more difficulty in accessing reproductive health care, and face
> significant barriers to adopting children.
>  The Administration should issue an Executive Order establishing an
> Interagency Committee on Parents with Disabilities to address the many
> serious issues.
>  The Administration and federal agencies should gather effective data
> on parents with disabilities and their families.
>  States must eliminate disability from their statutes as grounds for
> termination of parental rights and enact legislation that ensures the
> rights of parents with disabilities.
> 
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