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Mothering special needs: a different maternal journey

By: Kingston, Anna Karin.
Publisher: London Jessica Kingsley 2007Description: 207 p.ISBN: 9781843105435.Subject(s): PARENTING | AUTISM | ATTENTION DEFICIT DISORDERS | DOWN SYNDROME | FAMILY DYNAMICS | SOCIAL NETWORKS | MOTHERSSummary: Explores the lived experience of mothers raising a child with a learning disability, through interviews with mothers of children with either autistic spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or Down syndrome. Addresses the social construction of motherhood, discussing issues such as mother- blame and society's images of the self-sacrificing mother in the context of raising a child with a learning disability.
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Explores the lived experience of mothers raising a child with a learning disability, through interviews with mothers of children with either autistic spectrum disorder or attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or Down syndrome. Addresses the social construction of motherhood, discussing issues such as mother- blame and society's images of the self-sacrificing mother in the context of raising a child with a learning disability.

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This book presented a negative bleak picture of raising a child with special needs. Perhaps appropriate in its context (Ireland society) but not a true reflection of the real joys of parenting a child with special needs. Would not recommend for other parents.

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Personally didn't get as much out of this book.

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