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Voiceover: Jenn Thomas knows some people question her ability to be a parent.
Jenn Thomas: I think society looks at people with disabilities as people who need constant
care. And that's not true. Voiceover: Thomas has cerebral palsy, but
she and her husband D.J. always wanted to be parents regardless of her disability.
Jenn Thomas: It's about love and and having the ability to love. And bond with your children.
Voiceover: Even so, a new report from the National Council on Disability has found that
many parents still risk losing their children. And that troubles some experts.
Mark Weber: We should start with the idea that a kid should be with the kids parents.
If there is a situation where the child is genuinely in danger then obvliously not...
Voiceover: But he says that can often be prevented if parents have adequate support.
Background: "Put this on..." Voiceover: Karen Tamley, who has a rare spinal
disorder and her husband adopted their daughter. 6-year-old Dominika has Apert's syndrome a
genetic disaorder causes facial deformaties among other things.
Karen Tamley: When I was growing up neither of my parents had a disability so you don't
have those role models out there in your immediate family and so I think that's one of the benefits
that she's going to have growing up is that she looks different and I look different.
Dominika's father, meanwhile, is a hemophiliac who contracted *** during a blood transfusion.
Kevin Irvine: She sees that I take medicine and that I take shots sometimes but she really
doesn't understand what it means... Voiceover: But ask Dominika about her parents
and it's really quite simple. Dominika: Okay, I love them. Bye!
Voiceover: It's about love. Martha Irvine. Associated Press.