By Lisa Belkin in the New York Times Motherlode blog:

Kaney O’Neill, an Illinois mom who was injured in a fall a decade ago, is locked in a custody battle with the father of her 5-month-old son. David Trais is arguing that O’Neill is not fit to have custody of the boy because she is quadriplegic, having lost the use of her legs and some use of her arms.

A lengthy article in the Chicago Tribune last year chronicled O’Neill’s preparations for her child’s birth, as well as her work building a support system that includes her mother, a full-time aide and a trained service dog.

On Public Radio International’s The Takeway,  panelists pondered the intersection of parenting, disabilities and the law. The show’s host, journalist John Hockenberry, has been paralyzed from the chest down since a car accident more than 30 years ago. “As a disabled father of five I’m scared that a court would even consider a disability as an issue,” he said.

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