Families raising disabled children
Subtitle: enabling care and social justice
By: Janice McLaughlin ... [et al.].
Contributors: McLaughlin, Janice, 1968-
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2008
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 228
Subjects: Children with disabilities -- Government policy -- Great Britain; Children with disabilities -- Services for -- Great Britain; Parents of children with disabilities -- Great Britain
Description: "Drawing upon qualitative material from parents and professionals, including ethnography, narrative inquiry, interviews and focus groups, this book brings together feminist and critical disability studies theories to make sense of parental identities, the making and unmaking of disabled children, professional and institutional practices, community practices, the impact of parents groups and the transformative potential and boundaries of care."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Theorising parents, professionals and disabled babies / Dan Goodley and Janice McLaughlin; title: Methodology / Dan Goodley, Janice McLaughlin and Emma Clavering; title: Research encounters / Dan Goodley, Emma Clavering, Janice McLaughlin and Pamela Fisher; title: Unmaking children / Janice McLaughlin and Dan Goodley; title: Productive parental alliances / Dan Goodley and Janice McLaughlin; title: Community practices / Dan Goodley and Janice McLaughlin; title: Professional, institutional and ethical practices / Janice McLaughlin and Dan Goodley; title: The gender dynamics, transformative potential and boundaries of care / Janice McLaughlin and Dan Goodley; title: Values of enabling care and social justice / Janice McLaughlin and Dan Goodley.