Families with Children with Disabilities - Inequalities and the Social Model

By M. Dowling, L. Dolan. 2001

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The Experience of Disability from the Perspective of Parents of Children with Profound Impairment: Is it time for an alternative model of disability? (2002, background): “The work of Beresford (1994) and Dowling and Dolan (2001) support these ndings, describing the stress experienced by parents to be wide ranging, all encompassing and overwhelming.”
Children’s experiences of disability: pointers to a social model of childhood disability (2007, background): “Many studies about disabled children make reference to the social model, often in relation to identifying social or material barriers or in formulating recommendations for better services (Morris, 1998a; Dowling & Dolan, 2001; Murray, 2002; Townsley et al., 2004; Rabiee et al., 2005).”
Repositioning mothers: mothers, disabled children and disability studies (2008, background): “Crucially, research within the corrective perspective highlights the significance of the lack of sufficient support and services upon the lives of the mothers and their families (Dowling and Dolan 2001 ), as well as other factors, such as a lack of appropriate information (Pain 1999 ), and the sig”
Parents, Families, and Partnerships: Issues and considerations (2007, background): “It is certainly understood that caring for a family member with a disability may compromise the quality of life of the carer (Dowling & Dolan, 2001).”