Useful
Links
Centre
for Disability Studies at the University of Leeds
A Jigsaw
of Services: report of SSI inspection of services to
support disabled adults in their parenting role
Through the Looking
Glass: US National Resource Center for Parents with Disabilities
Parents
with a Disability and the NSW Children's Court: the report
of an investigation into the prevalence and outcomes for parents
with a disability and their children appearing before the NSW
Children's Court in child protection matters.
Disability,
Pregnancy and Parenting International: an organisation
which provides information to disabled parents and prospective
parents, as well as relevant professionals and organisations,
and promotes the networking of information and experience relating
to pregnancy and parenthood for people with disabilities through
a quarterly international journal.
Disabled
Parents Network: a national network of disabled parents
and their allies helping one another and bringing about change.
DPPi
UK Information Service: this free helpline and information
service welcomes calls from disabled people who are already parents
or who wish to become parents, health and social work professionals
and students, and organisations concerned with disability and/or
pregnancy and parenthood. DPPi's information officers aim to
provide an individualised response to each enquiry. DPPi maintains
a large database of relevant information including details of
support groups, resources, and useful organisations. A number
of information sheets are available (in print, large print or
on audio-tape) on practical issues such as bathing, nappy changing
and choosing cots.
Supported
Parenting Series: a series of publications from the Wisconsin
Council on Developmental Disabilities about supporting parents
with learning difficulties. The site includes a downloadable
version of the second edition (2000) of Cultivating Competence
by Dolores Ullmer Liamba, a national resource booklet presenting
brief programme descriptions of the known supports services for
families headed by a parent with cognitive disabilities in the
USA. A downloadable publication order form is also available
on the site.
Disability
Services Division, Victoria Government Department
of Human Services, Melbourne Victoria, Australia: this site contains
three useful and informative online reports that are available
for downloading. These are: (1) Out of the Mainstream - A
Parenting Group for Parents with an Intellectual Disability and
their Children; (2) Parents with an Intellectual Disability
- A Worker's Manual; and (3) Parents with Intellectual
Disability and Older Children - Strategies for Support Workers.
Sharing
Good Practice in Supporting Disabled Parents is a joint
project between the National Family and Parenting Institute and
the University of Leicester which aims to find out about the
kind of support that disabled parents have found helpful, or
would find helpful, in easing the barriers to successful parenting.
Learning
About Intellectual Disabilities and Health: a website
developed as an educational resource for health care students
and practitioners by the Down's Syndrome Association and St.
George's Hospital Medical School. The pages on 'Parents with
an intellectual disability' provide contact details of some specialist
support services for parents in the UK.
Parents
with a Disability: the website of Yooralla 'Parents with
a Disability Community Project', Victoria, Australia, which provides
access to their resource manual for parents, 'Making It Easier'.
This manual provides information and resources designed to change
community attitudes towards parents with a disability by educating
service providers and empowering parents.
Family
Support and Services Project, School of Occupational
and Leisure Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, University
of Sydney: this website outlines the work of the project in the
field of parents with intellecual disability and gives a full
listing of their publications.
They
Said What? Some Common Myths about Disabled Parents and Community
Care Legislation - a booklet written by Jenny Morris
and published by the National Centre for Disabled Parents that
examines some common misconceptions about the support available
to disabled parents and provides information about what they
are entitled to. A PDF version can be downloaded by following
the link.
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