Parenting and disability: Disabled parents' experiences of raising children
Richard Olsen
Abstract
This book reports on the first substantial UK study of parenting, disability, and mental health. It examines the views of parents and children in seventy-five families. Covering a broad spectrum of issues facing disabled parents and their families, the book: provides a comprehensive review of relevant policy issues; explores the barriers to full participation in parenting that disabled parents face; examines the complex ways in which broader social divisions, including gender and socioeconomic status, interact with disability; and advocates measures to support disabled parents and their famili ... More
Keywords: parenting, disability, mental health, children, families, disabled parents, policy, barriers, full participation, social divisions
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2003 | Print ISBN-13: 9781861343642 |
| Published to Policy Press Scholarship Online: March 2012 | DOI:10.1332/policypress/9781861343642.001.0001 |
