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Disability and the Self-Reliant Family: Revisiting the Literature on Parents with Disabilities

Year: 2009

Type: article

Abstract: An estimated 8.4 million adults with disabilities have children under age 18 living with them. Despite the large number of adults with disabilities engaged in parenting, studies of parents with disabilities have been relatively scarce, though the number is growing. This paper reviews the literature on parents with disabilities as a whole and elaborates three themes relevant to parental support and care: parental capacity, "young carers", and social networks. Also discussed are key concepts from the feminist and disability studies literatures that can form the basis for a theoretical framework to guide research on parents with disabilities.

Source: Marriage & Family Review

DOI: 10.1080/01494920903048734

Author: Julia A. Rivera Drew

Institution: Brown University

Language: English

Topic: Family and Disability Support Research

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funders: National Institutes of Health, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development