I am one of many affected by a distressing situation where social services wrongfully removed my children from my custody, employing my autism as a reason to question my competence as a parent. They depicted my disability as an issue, completely overlooking the fundamental human rights and ignorance of the capabilities an autistic parent can have.

We cannot stay silent about the numerous similar cases across our society. Severe discrimination against autistic parents show an egregious disregard for individual rights and an alarming overreach of power by social services agencies. According to a study by the National Council on Disability, parents who have disabilities face a higher risk of losing custody of their children, with roughly 40% to 80% of parents with psychiatric disabilities having lost their custody rights (Tania Brief, The Discrimination of Parents with Disabilities).

This petition seeks to draw attention to the practices of social services that infringe on the rights of autistic parents. We demand immediate and comprehensive changes in the system that lead to wrongful separation of parents from their children, based on ungrounded assumptions related to disabilities. Our objective is to protect the rights of all parents regardless of their physical and mental health status.

Put an end to the violation of rights of parents with autism and support our cause. Sign the petition today and contribute to creating a fair and equitable society where no parent has to face the pain of being forcefully separated from their child due to their autism.