| Description |
1 online resource (xviii, 271 pages) |
| Contents |
PARENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; Contents; List of Contributors; Foreword; Acknowledgments; Introduction; PART I FAMILY AND COMMUNITY LIFE; 1. Becoming a Mother -- Becoming a Father; 2. Looking Back on Their Own Upbringing; 3. Family Within a Family; 4. Children and Their Life Experiences; 5. Understanding Community in the Lives of Parents with Intellectual Disabilities; 6. Citizenship and Community Participation; 7. Parenting and Resistance: Strategies in Dealing with Services and Professionals; PART II HUMAN SERVICES ENABLING AND DISABLING PARENTS WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Parenting -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Parents with mental disabilities -- Cross-cultural studies.
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Llewellyn, Gwynnyth.
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| ISBN |
0470660406 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470660409 (electronic bk.) |
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