'We want to be parents like everybody else' : stories of parents with learning disabilities
By: Theodore, Kate.
Contributor(s): Foulds, Daniel | Wilshaw, Paul | Colborne, Alison | Lee, Joyce Nga Yu | Mallaghan, Lisa | Cooper, Mary | Skelton, Julia.
Series: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities : Special Issue on Qualitative Research 64 (3) June 2018: 184-194. 2018Disc region: text file PDF rda.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource Subject(s): PARENTS WITH AN INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY
| EXPERIENCES | INCLUSIVE RESEARCH | QUALITATIVE RESEARCHOnline resources: Read this Article Summary: Semi-structured interviews with five mothers and three fathers with learning disabilities were led by learning disabled researchers, and thematic analysis conducted with input from people with learning disabilities. Five main themes are presented; (1) subjective experiences of becoming parents, (2) perceptions that other people assume people with learning disabilities are incompetent parents, resulting in a need to prove worthiness, (3) experiences of services, (4) overcoming 'knock-backs' and (5) support for the rights of other parents. An additional subgroup analysis is presented: fathers feel 'left out'.
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Semi-structured interviews with five mothers and three fathers with learning disabilities were led by learning disabled researchers, and thematic analysis conducted with input from people with learning disabilities. Five main themes are presented; (1) subjective experiences of becoming parents, (2) perceptions that other people assume people with learning disabilities are incompetent parents, resulting in a need to prove worthiness, (3) experiences of services, (4) overcoming 'knock-backs' and (5) support for the rights of other parents. An additional subgroup analysis is presented: fathers feel 'left out'.
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