TY - JOUR
T1 - Disability and the self-reliant family
T2 - Revisiting the literature on parents with disabilities
AU - Drew, Julia A
PY - 2009/7/1
Y1 - 2009/7/1
N2 - 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 article 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 literature that can form the basis for a theoretical framework to guide research on parents with disabilities.
AB - 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 article 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 literature that can form the basis for a theoretical framework to guide research on parents with disabilities.
KW - Caregiving
KW - Disability studies
KW - Parents with disabilities
KW - Sociology of disability
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U2 - 10.1080/01494920903048734
DO - 10.1080/01494920903048734
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:72449141728
VL - 45
SP - 431
EP - 447
JO - Marriage and Family Review
JF - Marriage and Family Review
SN - 0149-4929
IS - 5
ER -