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Kim Morley, a mother and midwife from Hampshire, UK, explores her personal experience of sudden, unexpected disablement and her subsequent fears and expectations for pregnancy and parenthood.
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Susan Cole, of Haringey, London, UK, describes her experience of epilepsy, and argues that women with epilepsy need more research so they can make informed choices about planning a pregnancy.
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Della Sharpe, a mother with cerebral palsy, from Swindon, UK, writes about making the decision to have a second child after experiencing a head injury.
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I am severely disabled and terminally ill single parent. Child not involved with Father either. Long story but after finally complaining to Adult Social Services that my needs are firstly going to be to prioritise my 10 yr old child’s care, which is...
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Tom Shakespeare, disabled parent, sociologist and bioethicist, is a research fellow at Newcastle University, UK. He has written widely on disability issues and is the author of Disability rights and wrongs (Routledge, 2006). Here, he discusses the et...
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Nicole Crosby, women’s officer at Epilepsy Action, UK, looks at the issues faced by women with epilepsy who are thinking about starting a family, and describes the organisation’s Mothers in mind campaign.
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Bernadette Gregory, Senior Lecturer in Midwifery at De Montfort University in Leicester, UK, describes a project to teach student midwives basic British Sign Language.
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Hello! My name is Olivia and I am a journalist and radio producer at the BBC. I am working on a story about infertility. I want to hear from women with different perspectives about their experiences, how best to support women going through this and h...
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Sinead Murphy, a mother with scoliosis, from County Cork, Ireland, and co-founder of the Scoliosis Support Association of Ireland (SSAI) talks about the difference between her two pregnancies and how she wants to dispel myths about pregnancy and...
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Elena Piras, a visually impaired parent from Edinburgh, reviews the Having a baby pack from a parent’s perspective; and Julie Brown, Midwifery Practice Leader for Parent Education, St Thomas’ Hospital, London, writes about the pack from a...
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Nicole Crosby-McKenna is the campaigns officer at Epilepsy Action. With help from some of the writers of the Pregnancy diaries, Nicole explains why support for mothers with epilepsy is vital before and during pregnancy.
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In DPPI journal, issue 53/54, we featured the Mothers in Mind campaign, launched by Epilepsy In DPPI journal, issue 53/54, we featured the Mothers in Mind campaign, launched by Epilepsy Action, UK, in 2006. Here, Nicole Crosby-McK...
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Caroline and Martin Bricknell from Bedfordshire, UK, have a six-year-old daughter, Jess. Caroline talks about how having rheumatoid arthritis has affected her family.
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Jane Fraser, a social worker and experienced sex education trainer with specialist knowledge in learning disability, from Worcester, UK, discusses the history of sex education and the availability of suitable resources for disabled young people. She...
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