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Tahir, Munazza; Cobigo, Virginie – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
Background: Qualitative research using published court records to examine contextual factors that contribute to child protection decisions in cases involving parents with intellectual disabilities is limited, particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic. Method: The present study conducted qualitative content analysis on 10 published Ontario court…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Child Safety, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Ana María Rio-Poncela; Susana Rojas-Pernia – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2024
Backgroud: Despite the advancements in the rights of persons with disabilities in Western countries, the motherhood of women with intellectual disabilities remains scarcely visible. The approval of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (2006) and its subsequent ratification by the Spanish Government (2008) recalls the…
Descriptors: Mothers, Intellectual Disability, Civil Rights, Parent Child Relationship
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Jaimie Timmons; Allison Cohen Hall; Daria J. Domin; Esther N. Kamua; Jennifer Bose; Matthew S. Smith – Journal of Special Education Leadership, 2025
Limited research exists about transfer of rights conversations between students with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities, their parents, and educators within special education. Through key informant interviews with 14 experts in the field of transition and transfer of rights, the authors sought to understand the factors that influence…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Intellectual Disability, Developmental Disabilities, Parents
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Bachrach, Tammy – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2023
This multiple case study explores the phenomena of being raised by parents with intellectual disabilities from the adult child's perspective. Autoethnographic data was collected from the author and 4 non-disabled adults who were raised by mothers who had intellectual disabilities. The significance of the parent's disability, parent/child…
Descriptors: Mothers, Intellectual Disability, Parents with Disabilities, Child Rearing
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Sigurjónsdóttir, Hanna Björg; Rice, James Gordon – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: The aim was to investigate the role of measured intellectual function in framing parents as 'unfit' in child custody deprivation cases. Method: Grounded theory was used to analyse a national sample of custody deprivation cases in Iceland 2002-2014. Results: The terminology used to evaluate and describe the intellectual and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Child Rearing, Parent Rights, Parents with Disabilities
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Tøssebro, Jan; Midjo, Turid; Paulsen, Veronika; Berg, Berit – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2017
Background: This study addresses children of parents with intellectual disability in Norway. The aim was to examine: (i) the impact of definitions of intellectual disability on prevalence, (ii) whether numbers were increasing, (iii) the prevalence of motherhood and fatherhood and (iv) rates of lost custody. Methods: Analyses of national registers…
Descriptors: Child Custody, Intellectual Disability, Foreign Countries, Municipalities