Disability and the Family
Challenges, Resources, and Resilience
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Around the globe, most families will invariably have to face the challenges associated with the disability of a family member. A child with a learning disorder, an adult who has suffered a spinal cord injury, or an elderly family member who has lost their eyesight or hearing – these are only a few of the many types of disabilities which both individuals and families face, every single day.
Disability and the Family provides a broad examination of disability and the family. Including diverse theoretical and methodological submissions which explore the many issues pertaining to how families deal with disability issues, the chapters cover a wide array of topics, such as: family relationships and intellectual disability, learning disabilities and parenting, aging and developmental disabilities, coping and family caregivers, disability and family engagement, disability across the family life course, work and family challenges among parents of children with disabilities, physical mobility and marital quality, disability and sexuality, financial stressors and family relationships, and racial and ethnic variations in family care, among others.
Acknowledging how disabilities can affect virtually all aspects of family life, creating emotional, social, financial, and even sexual challenges, this volume also emphasizes how families exhibit considerable resilience, even in seemingly overwhelming circumstances.
Chapter 1. Coparenting a Child with Disabilities: Selected Determinants; Monika Parchomiuk
- Chapter 2. Childhood Disabilities and Differential Parental Time Investments in Siblings; Jocelyn S. Wikle, Ashley Forbush, and Alexander C. Jensen
- Chapter 3. A Qualitative Analysis of the Experience of Parentification; Barbara Chojnacka
- Chapter 4. What "Normal" Means to My Family and I: Life as a Young, Chronically Ill Person; Allison Jendry James
- Chapter 5. Navigating Stigma and Discrimination at Work While Parenting a Child with a Mental Health Disability; Lisa M. Stewart, Claudia Sellmaier, Marin Henderson-Posther, Jessica Lukefahr, and Eileen M. Brennan
- Chapter 6. The Dynamic Association between Disability and Parenthood in Sweden; Fredinah Namatovu, Erling Häggström Gunfridsson, Johan Junkka, and Lotta Vikström
- Chapter 7. Latinx Families of Children with Disabilities: Challenges, Supports, and Empowerment Interventions; Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar, Isabella Rosas, Mariela Saenz, Janelly Macias-Martinez, and Sandy Magaña
- Chapter 8. Caring Through It: Mothers’ and Daughters’ Perspectives on Disability and Interdependence in Financially Struggling White Families; Annaliese Grant and Rachel Litchman
- Chapter 9. The Well-Being of Croatian Parent Caregivers: Testing the Role of Cognitive Emotion Regulation Strategies and Social Support; Jelena Ombla, Marina Vidaković, and Ana Slišković
- Chapter 10. Improving Family Resilience through Parent to Parent Support: A Pilot Study on Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families of Children with Disabilities; Yali Pang and Dana Yarbrough
- Chapter 11. Disability is a Family Affair; Rhoda Olkin
Patricia Neff Claster is Professor of Sociology at Pennsylvania Western University, USA, where she focuses her research on sociological studies of children and youths, family and ethnic, racial and gender differences of youths.
Sampson Lee Blair is a Family Sociologist and Demographer at The State University of New York, Buffalo, USA. His research interests include parent-child relationships, mate selection, marriage, and fertility.