Parents with Intellectual Disabilities Past, Present and Futures

by Llewellyn, Gwynnyth; Traustadottir, Rannveig; McConnell, David; Sigurjonsdott, Hanna Bjorg; Taylor, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780470772942
• ISBN10: 0470772948
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-05-17
• Publisher: Wiley

Summary

The first international, cross-disciplinary book to explore and understand the lives of parents with intellectual disabilities, their children, and the systems and services they encounter Presents a unique, pan-disciplinary overview of this growing field of study Offers a human rights approach to disability and family life Informed by the newly adopted UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) Provides comprehensive research-based knowledge from leading figures in the field of intellectual disability

Author Biography

Gwynnyth Llewellyn is Professor and Dean of the Facuty of Health Sciences, University of Sydney, and Director of the Australian Family and Disability Studies Research Collaboration
Rannveing Traustadottir is Professor and Director of the Centre for Disability Studies, University of Iceland.
David McConnell is Professor in the Faculty of Rehabilitation Medicine, University of Alberta, Canada.
Hanna Bjorg Sigurjonsdottir is Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Iceland.

Table of Contents

List of Contributors	p. ix
Foreword	p. xiii
Acknowledgments	p. xvii
Introduction	p. 1
Family and Community Life	p. 15
Becoming a Mother - Becoming a Father	p. 17
Looking Back on Their Own Upbringing	p. 33
Family Within a Family	p. 49
Children and their Life Experiences	p. 63
Understanding Community in the Lives of Parents with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 79
Citizenship and Community Participation	p. 95
Parenting and Resistance: Strategies in Dealing with Services and Professionals	p. 107
Human Services Enabling and Disabling Parents with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 119
Parenting Education Programs	p. 121
Supported Decision Making for Women with Intellectual Disabilities	p. 137
Turning Policy Into Practice	p. 155
Caught in the Child Protection Net	p. 171
Turning Rights into Realities in Québec, Canada	p. 189
Supporting Mothers' Community Participation	p. 205
Advocacy for Change: "The Final Tool in the Toolbox?"	p. 225
Conclusion: Taking Stock and Looking to the Future	p. 241
Index	p. 263
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