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[ocelot]

THE grandfather of a baby taken into care immediately after he was born is accusing social services of discriminating against his daughter because she has a form of autism... Their argument was that because she has Asperger’s Syndrome, she is at risk of getting post-natal depression, and that there would therefore be the likelihood of her neglecting the baby.

So a baby was taken from someone because she *might* develop a common, preventable, treatable problem that is unlikely to result in a dangerous level of neglect?

I expect you could find a risk factor for postpartum depression of some sort or another in at least 75% of new moms.

(ETA: I consider the Asperger's issue almost a distraction. If the baby had been taken from her for having Asperger's Syndrome, that would be quite bad enough. But to take the baby because the Asperger's puts her at higher risk of developing PPD puts everyone with a PPD risk factor at risk.)

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[dempcat.livejournal.com]

That is jaw-dropping.

[dempcat.livejournal.com]

And social services could probably use their money more efficiently to provide preventative counseling to at-risk moms.