LawSociologyPsychology

D. McConnell, G. Llewellyn

2002.8.1JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY LAW

DOI: 10.1080/09649060210161294

Abstract

As more people with intellectual disability have children, serious concerns are being raised about the unusually high rate at which their children are removed. This review describes how parents with intellectual disability fare in child protection and court processes and offers both an empirical and a legal critique of frequently encountered presumptions about their parenting capacity.

Citation format

MCCONNELL, D.; LLEWELLYN, G. Stereotypes, parents with intellectual disability and child protection. JOURNAL OF SOCIAL WELFARE AND FAMILY LAW, 2002, 24: 297–317.