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Handicapped Parents and Disadvantaged Children?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 February 2016

R. Bland ,
N. J. Smith  and
M. Hollingworth
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Abstract

The ABS surveys of 1981 and 1988 show that within the total population of handicapped persons a number of families with dependents have one or both parents who are handicapped. Also included within this group are lone handicapped parents and families who have in addition some other non-dependent handicapped person living with them. Besides the usual socio-economic problems surrounding disabling conditions this group are also faced with the difficulties associated with the everyday tasks of parenting. Yet, judging by the professional and research literature, they have received scant attention here in Australia or elsewhere.

This paper reports the results of a small qualitative pilot study of 19 families in which one of the parents had some physical handicap and which examined the everyday parenting tasks faced by them. It reports on some of the difficulties they experienced and also the affirmative action they took to overcome those difficulties.

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Research Article
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Children Australia , Volume 17 , Issue 2 , 1992 , pp. 12 - 16
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1992

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