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Parenting with an Intellectual Disability

by Bianca S. | NDIS Expert
Last Updated: March 2026
Parenting with an Intellectual Disability
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What is it like to have your parenting ability constantly questioned, and live in fear your children will be removed?

We’ve Got This: Parenting with a Disability is a series produced by Eliza Hull at the ABC.

We've Got This: parenting with an intellectual disability

Single mother Amanda White, a mother with an intellectual disability, has twin girls. In the early years, Amanda was worried her children would be removed from her care. But with the support of her godmother, Margaret Spenser, Amanda has raised her children.

For Susan Arthur, another mother with an intellectual disability, the fight to keep her daughter within her care has been an uphill battle.

 Amanda White with her twin daughters Lilly and Beth, who are 14 years old.

 Amanda White with her twin daughters Lilly and Beth, who are 14 years old. (ABC: Eliza Hull)

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