S3 E3: Why Learning Disabilities Are Not the Real Reason Parents Lose Their Children

The Counselling Psychology Lens · Oct 15, 2026 · 40m

How do attachment, poverty, ableism, and surveillance shape parenting? Mary interviews Leila Harding, a newly qualified clinical psychologist, shares research on parents with learning disabilities and why families are often judged by diagnosis instead of context. They explore the theory, research design, and implications, showing how qualitative methods reveal lived experience, while attachment theory and the dynamic maturation model expose what checklist assessments miss in family life.