Parenting Anti-discrimination legislation

Parenting Anti-discrimination legislation

We’re looking for more people with lived experience that highlight the importance of this bill – to join us in meetings with legislators, share their stories to drum up support, or help move the campaign forward in other ways. If you or someone you know or clients/members of your organization have personal stories related to this issue of being a parent with a disability, and would be willing to talk to us about it, please have them contact Emma Gelbard and Harry Weissman(cc’d) from the Disability Policy Consortium.

Emma can be reached at egelbard@dpcma.org or (617) 456-8247; Harry can be reached at hweissman@dpcma.org or (617) 977-4084.

Relevant stories might include:

  • Disabled parent who has lost custody of a child due to the parent’s disability or attempts to seek support or treatment for a disability
  • Disabled parent who has faced discrimination about their ability to parent, or has nearly lost custody of a child as a result
  • Disabled parent who chose not to seek treatment or help with a disability, abusive relationship, etc out of fear of losing custody of their child
  • Child of a disabled parent who was removed or nearly removed from their home

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