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This article encourages parents of children with disabilities to become more assertive. It shows how effective assertive statements are when compared to aggressive or non-assertive statements, and how assertive behaviour gives one strength "to take on the world".
Read MoreSTAR, a Victorian family support group, produced a questionnaire for parents regarding the support parents have experienced and what they thought was needed instead or additionally. This paper lists the questions and responses.
Read MoreThis brief article gives helpful examples of parents finding ways to interact with the professionals they must see regularly because of the health needs of their child with a disability. Keyword: Families
Read MoreThis short article lists the common patterns of stress experienced by families who have a child with a disability.
Read MoreIn this short article, David Brandon argues that parents should not have to be involved in running services for their sons and daughters with disabilities.
Read MoreThe main responsibility for caring for their children belongs to women. This article examines the underlying assumptions about the roles of mothers of children with disabilities and how stereotypical gender roles influence the caring of a child within a family.
Read MoreThe articles in this paper are based on the argument that families whose children have severe disabilities should be supported in as many ways as they need, and that children who cannot stay with their birth families deserve to live with other families.
Read MoreThis article examines the strength of family links between generations and how family members are supporting each other financially, practically and emotionally. It shows how strong family links do exist between generations and that the extended family also exists though not always under the same roof. Keyword: Families
Read MoreThis short, family-affirming paper lists the values and principles which should be behind family focused services. It supports the uniqueness of families and that they should be the ultimate decision makers with respect to themselves and their child or adult with a disability. Keyword: Professionals
Read MoreRobert Perske is an ally of people with disabilities in the U. S. A. A selection of his writings were used for a series of public meetings held by the Australian Association for the Mentally Retarded in 1983.
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