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Disabled parents: examining research assumptions
- Authors:
- OLSEN Richard, WATES Michele
- Publisher:
- Research in Practice
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 70p.,bibliog
- Place of publication:
- Dartington
This review identifies and reviews the existing research on disabled parents and 'young carers' outlining three perspectives: personal, ecological, and organisational. It addresses new directions that could be taken in terms of good and supportive practice. It places this within the legislative, policy and practice context. review. Although it is crucial to the welfare of children that all parents are well supported, much evidence has emerged over the past decade pointing to the fact that it is very hard for parents with chronic illnesses, physical and/or sensory impairments, Deaf parents, those with learning difficulties, those with particular mental health needs and those with drug or alcohol related issues, to access information, resources and support to help them fulfil their parenting responsibilities. This has had serious implications for the welfare of large numbers of families. These groups of parents are collectively described in this review as disabled parents.
Bigger than the sky: disabled women on parenting
- Editors:
- WATES Michele, JADE Rowen
- Publisher:
- Women's Press
- Publication year:
- 1999
- Pagination:
- 202p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This anthology challenges rigid, limiting views of what it means to be a disabled woman, and of what a parent is and does. Disabled women describe having to fight for the right to become pregnant, the pleasure of teaching children the benefits of having a "different" mother; and the delight of involving themselves in a child's life. Whether it be a birth mother, an adoptive parent, a godparent, a friend, or a woman who has made a positive choice not to become a parent, these disabled women are asserting their right to explore the diversity of experience.
It shouldn't be down to luck: results of a DPN consultation with disabled parents on access to information and services to support parenting
- Author:
- WATES Michele
- Publisher:
- Disabled Parents Network
- Publication year:
- 2003
- Pagination:
- 70p.
- Place of publication:
- London
Whilst it is crucial to the welfare of children that all parents are well supported, there has been much evidence over the past decade pointing to the fact that it is very hard for parents with chronic illnesses, physical and/or sensory impairments, Deaf parents, those with learning difficulties and those with particular mental health needs to access information, resources and support to help them fulfil their parenting responsibilities. The aim was to identify useful sources of information and support and at the same time to find out whether there were particular points at which parents had experienced difficulty or were not happy with what was available. The aim was also to check out whether what the SSI said in respect of social services departments applies across other agencies and the voluntary sector.
Disability and adoption: how unexamined attitudes discriminate against disabled people as parents
- Author:
- WATES Michele
- Journal article citation:
- Adoption and Fostering, 26(2), Summer 2002, pp.49-56.
- Publisher:
- Sage
For many years the author has been involved in developing peer support and a campaigning network of disabled parents in the UK. While disabled children and adoption have been the focus of some debate, the issue of adoption has received far too little attention in relation to disabled adults. This article seeks to redress the balance by looking first at how children with disabled parents are over-represented in the looked after system. The author goes on to discuss the ways in which disabled people are overlooked as potential.