Personal experience
Katina Wright, a mother with multiple sclerosis from Cornwall, UK, discusses her experience of parental guilt and the importance of celebrating and utilising the ‘can dos’.
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Equipment and techniques
Fine Round Cribs, based in the USA, produces made-to-order wooden baby cribs and changing tables, which can be customised with leg extensions to enable wheelchair access. Jason Carley, a disabled father from Oklahoma, USA, reviews the crib.
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This guide looks at the range of cot options available, covering the main different cot designs and some of the key commercially available cots and beds. It guides the reader through the key points to consider when choosing a cot or bed or adapting a...
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Jackie Bailey from the Spinal Injuries Association (SIA) discusses the new parenting master classes on offer.
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"We estimate that 2.85% of wheelchair users are parents who have children dependent upon them for housing … this gives a figure of at least 34,200 wheelchair users who are parents."
Bob Sapey, Jennifer Harris and John Stewart
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Belinda Noda, from England describes her experiences of breastfeeding.
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I am a 35-year-old wheelchair user living in Hertfordshire, UK. I am very lucky to have been born into a family that experienced disability and came out the other side rebelling. My mother is a wheelchair user as a result of polio. My disability...
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This discusses parents’ solutions, strategies and ideas for carrying babies and young children on wheelchairs and scooters, including possible adaptations, alongside a list of important safety considerations. It also gives details of useful org...
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Kara Hosking, Senior Physiotherapist at the National Spinal Injuries Centre at Stoke Mandeville, describes a new training course on sexuality, fertility and parenting.
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Tanni Grey Thompson is Britain’s best-known and most successful Paralympic athlete. Tanni reflects on life as a disabled parent, and challenges society’s attitudes to disability and parenthood.
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Isabella Devani, a wheelchair user from Kent, UK, recalls the highs and lows of family celebrations as a disabled parent of two young children.
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In response to many requests for children’s books featuring characters who are disabled, the UK Spinal Injuries Association in association with Tamarind Books has just published two illustrated story books. Both are available from Spinal Injuri...
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Sarah Allen lives in Spain with her husband Richard and their three children. She discusses her experience of receiving fertility treatment and describes the discrimination they faced as a couple affected by disability.
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Robyn Powell, Attorney Advisor at the National Council on Disability (NCD), USA, outlines the key findings and recommendations of NCD's ground breaking report, on disabled parents' rights in the USA.
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Rosaleen Mansfield, from London, UK, describes her experience of being a disabled grandparent.
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