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> From: N Ferguson, Policy Press [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, 14 April 2003 23:22
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> Subject: Parenting and disability
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> Members of the list may be interested in the following.
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> PARENTING AND DISABILITY
> Disabled parents' experiences of raising children
> Richard Olsen, Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, University of
> Leicester and Harriet Clarke, Institute of Applied Social Studies,
> University of Birmingham
>
> "... a timely and well-researched text that covers an increasingly
> important area of enquiry within Disability Studies. Parenting and
> disability makes an original and important contribution to the field."
> Colin Barnes, Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of
> Leeds
>
> The role of disabled people as parents is increasingly attracting the
> interest of both researchers and policy makers, due to its greater
> recognition within the disability movement, continuing debates about
> the role of children in caring for parents, and the development of
> social policies that emphasise parent support.
>
> This book reports on the first substantial UK study of parenting,
> disability and mental health, which examines the views of parents and
> children in 75 families. Covering a broad spectrum of issues facing
> disabled parents and their families, Parenting and disability:
>
> The book is aimed at a wide audience, including students and academics
> in social policy, social work, disability studies, sociology, education
> and nursing, people working in the voluntary sector, disabled activists
> and their supporters, as well as policy makers and practitioners in a
> range of statutory agencies.
>
> Paperback £18.99 ISBN 1 86134 364 7
> Hardback £50.00 ISBN 1 86134 365 5
> Published by The Policy Press
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