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We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to add a parenting rights section to the Disability Discrimination Act 2005. More details
Submitted by Joanna Karpasea-Jones – Deadline to sign up by: 30 December 2008 – Signatures: 35
More details from petition creator
The right for a disabled person to parent a child without prejudice is not mentioned in the disability discrimination act. We have rights to education, jobs, flat access buildings and transport but there is no protection against discrimination in our parenting role and there are statistically more parents who are disabled that have their children removed or are put under pressure from social services purely on the basis of disability. A parenthood amendment would give us the same freedom to raise our children as able parents currently have.
Current signatories
Joanna Karpasea-Jones, the Petition Creator, joined by:
- Mr Partis (petitions.pm.gov.uk/NHS-dentists4all/)
- John Talbot
- Philip Glover
- J RICHARDS
- Clare Johnston
- anna martin
- Tamsin Palmer
- Irene Knight
- Darren Hiles
- Petra Pointer
- Jennifer Impey
- Claire May-Miller
- June Wilson-Billing
- Kirsten Naylor
- Karen Rodgers
- Hannah Keighley
- Liz Plant
- Michelle Weston
- Kathleen Cornmell
- Bethan Williams
- Lynn Daley
- Mr and Mrs Di Falco
- Emma Stevens
- Edith Peck
- Zita Dew
- Theresa Shingler
- Gina Holland
- Jason Kemp
- G martinez
- karen gonoude
- Marcia Gardner
- Gwen McNutt
- Tamara Martinez
- mrs INGRID G. PRICE
