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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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