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Recommendation 28:
Social workers should be required to discuss with adoptive parents any concerns they have about their parenting capacity. They should proactively inquire about how a person with a disability intends to deal with parenting challenges presented by their disability, and they should take note of the accommodations and modifications the prospective adoptive parent will require in order to parent effectively. The capacity of the prospective adoptive parent to implement those accommodations and modifications, and the available government support, should also be considered.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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Recommendation 7:
Social workers should advise parents that they may be eligible for legal aid as soon as there is a protection concern about their child, and they should advise parents on how to apply.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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Recommendation 19:
Schools must ensure that all students, including students with disabilities, receive comprehensive, evidence-based sexual education. This will require that materials be accessible and may require the development of materials in alternative formats and presentation (e.g. Braille, simplified diagrams, etc.). The Ministry of Education should also work with sexual health and disability organizations to develop sex education modules for people with disabilities that meet their needs and address their unique concerns. Family members, health care providers, and service professionals also require comprehensive information about the sexual health needs of people with disabilities.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 42:
Repeal section 38 of IRPA.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
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Recommendation 43:
Reinstate the Interim Federal Health Program for refugees and refugee claimants in Canada.
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 5:
Recommends that Canadian legislation mimic the language of the US Indian Child Welfare Act, which requires evidence that social workers have made “active efforts” that “proved unsuccessful.
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Recommendation 6:
Public Education — efforts to raise public awareness about consent and sexual assault, options for survivors, the risks and benefits of reporting, and the steps in the justice system’s process
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Recommendation 9:
Psychosocial, legal and any other supports that are reasonably required to facilitate participation by marginalized witnesses should be provided to them.
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Recommendation 27:
Prospective adoptive parents should have the right to request an alternate social worker if they believe the one assigned to their case has shown bias against them due to their disability
Able Mothers: The Intersection of Parenting, Disability and the Law
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West Coast Leaf
West Coast Leaf
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2014
2014
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Recommendation 12:
Project participants also expressed the need for training to cover the following topics: genderbased violence; Indigenous rights, identities, and cultures; the role of ongoing colonialism on intergenerational trauma; the potential for communities and families to provide more appropriate solutions to family healing; and the importance of culture and connection to the child’s well-being.
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