Growing up with Parents who have Learning Difficulties uses a life-story approach to present new evidence about how children from such families manage the transition to adulthood, and about the longer-term outcomes of such an upbringing. It offers a view of parental competence as a social attribute rather than an individual skill, assessing the implications for institutional policies and practices. The authors address the notion of children having to parent their disabled parents and argue for a shift in emphasis from protecting children to supporting families. This innovative book provides a fresh approach to a subject rife with prejudice and challenges us to think again about many taken-for-granted ideas about the process of parenting and the needs of children. It also demonstrates the power of narrative research and its capacity for bringing alive people's experience in a way that enables us to better understand their lives.
The Asylum Floor is a yearly anthology dedicated to honest inspired writing. This issue features 78 pages of poetry, stories and comics by Ted Jonathan, Mather Schneider, Tony Gloeggler, Catfish McDaris, Alan Catlin, Richard Vargas, Janne Karlsson, Dave Roskos, Jack Henry, Jenny Santellano, Ryan Quinn Flanagan, Curtis Hayes, Wendy Rainey, Wolfgang Carstens, Brenton Booth, K.W. Peery and Matt Borczon. Cover by Marcel Herms and Robert Hansen.
Iggy, Flora and Dennis have the perfect solution for a boring summer, a sopabox derby! Can they raise enough money to build the perfect car? (From page 3)
This book strives to break new ground by giving an insight into what it means to be a parent with learning difficulties. Very little is known about the lives and struggles of these parents. By looking at the common threads in their lives, the authors aim to produce personal accounts that are true to the experience of parents themselves. Using the life-story approach to give pride of place to the views of mothers and fathers, this study serves as a counterweight to research in which the parents as people make no appearance. The authors try to harness their work to practical ends by drawing out its lessons for professionals. As well as offering a parents' view of parenting, the book also presents a challenge to our thinking about the rights and responsibilities of people with learning difficulties.
This report presents an overview of the findings from a study of now-adult children who grew up in a family where at least one of the parents had learning difficulties.
A New York Public Library Best Book of the Year “A twisty, hair-raising tale.”– Newsweek "A fast-paced psychological drama." – GMA.com “Compulsively readable.” – PopSugar "Reinforces Walker’s place at the top of the genre." – Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Addictive." – A.J. Finn, New York Times bestselling author of The Woman in the Window "Gripping." – Adrian McGinty, New York Times bestselling author of The Chain They said she walked away. But what really happened to Molly Clarke? From the bestselling author of All Is Not Forgotten comes a compelling and emotionally powerful story of a daughter's desperate search to find her mother before it's too late. They called it a “walk away.” The car abandoned miles from home. The note found at a nearby hotel. The shattered family. It happens all the time. Women disappear, desperate to start over. But what really happened to Molly Clarke? The night Molly disappeared began with a storm, running out of gas, and a man offering her a ride to safety. But when the doors lock shut, Molly begins to suspect she has made a terrible mistake. A new lead brings Molly’s daughter, Nicole, back to the small, desolate town where her mother was last seen to renew the desperate search. The locals are sympathetic and eager to help. The innkeeper. The bartender. Even the police. Until secrets begin to reveal themselves and Nicole comes closer to the truth about that night—and the danger surrounding her.
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