Is Love Enough? (45 min) – Sproutflix

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Is Love Enough?

45 min / documentary / 2000 / Canada

filmmaker: Tom Puchniak

Can a person with a mental disability be a good parent? This film takes a rare look at the controversial subject of parents with intellectual disabilities and their children.

A few generations ago, many people with intellectual disabilities were locked up in institutions and sterilized to prevent them from having children. Today, people with disabilities are demanding the same rights as everyone else. Can someone who has the mental age of a teenager safely care for a child? This film takes a rare look at the controversial subject of parents with intellectual disabilities and their children.

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