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MacIntyre, Gillian; Stewart, Ailsa; McGregor, Sharon – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2019
Background: Evidence suggests that parents with intellectual disabilities can be "good enough" parents with appropriate support that focuses on the whole family. This paper brings together theories of vulnerability with an ethics of care approach to reflect on challenges for practitioners in supporting parents, drawing upon data from a…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, At Risk Persons, Parenting Skills, Foreign Countries
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Bauer, Annette; Wistow, Gerald; Dixon, Josie; Knapp, Martin – British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 2015
Advocacy can help service users both to understand their rights and choices and also to support them in resolving issues of great significance to their lives. We investigated some of the costs and outcomes of advocacy provided to parents with learning disabilities at risk of having their children taken into care. Through two workshops and a…
Descriptors: Advocacy, Mental Retardation, Intervention, Parents with Disabilities
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Lindblad, Ida; Billstedt, Eva; Gillberg, Christopher; Fernell, Elisabeth – Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 2014
Background: Young adults, born to population-representative mothers with intellectual disability (ID), were targeted for psychosocial/life event follow-up. Methods: The whole group originally comprised 42 individuals but 3 had died and 1 had moved abroad. The remaining 38 were approached and 10 consented to participate in an interview study.…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Parents with Disabilities, Mild Intellectual Disability, Experience