Having A Child With A Disability

I believe that the parents of children with disabilities play a pivotal roll in the educational and social development of their children. When a child is diagnosed with a disability it leaves the parent with a lot of responsibility and difficult decisions to make. When parents start planning to have children, most of them do not expect to have a child with special needs. It is the parents’ responsibility to provide everything that they are capable of to give the child what they need to succeed regardless of what those needs may be.

Now, one should also include lost wages of a parent caring for children with disabilities and how it puts a strain on the income of the family. “These direct and indirect costs have short- and long term economic consequences for people with disabilities and their families, who have lower net worth than other families” (Parish, et al.44).

In this article by Anne F. Farrell and Gloria L. Krahn “Family Life Goes On: Disability in Contemporary Families” discusses about understanding the implications of how disabilities influence family policies and practices. The article outlines how diverse families with disabilities, economic hardship they go through, stress and resilience, and support system within the family. The authors talk about despite the stress and resilience families go through while raising kids with disabilities, they manage by formal and informal support within each other. They state that, “[f]amily interconnections are forged through learning to manage the life challenges that having a disability can bring, and the sense of belonging we derive through family relationships.”

Children with disabilities are one of the most disregarded and excluded groups of children, experiencing common violations of their human rights throughout the school system. There has said to be a rise in discrimination not as a result of the essential description of children but relatively, as a significance of absence of awareness and understanding of its causes and implications. Without the proper knowledge there is a lack of support and services within the disability community. Because of the lack of support and knowledge children with disabilities are often judged, and mistreated by others. Due to my existing knowledge of disabilities in special education, is a condition or a function judged to be significantly impaired relative to the usual standard of an individual or group. The term disabled or disability is used to refer to individual functioning, including physical impairment, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, intellectual impairment mental illness and different types of chronic diseases. There are many types of

All the articles that are going to be presented in this pages are basically going to be talking about relationship issues that they face with their children. Not all articles have the same structure that they face with with their children, but have a similar difficulty facing them. Each and one article shares one thing in common, all families that have a child with a disability have a higher stress load than a normal parents with a child. Not all families have the same toil as others, which make every family discrete and unique. In the other hand, each family has a way of communicating

Living with a family member who has a learning disability can be challenging and stressful for the whole family - parents, siblings and extended family. The impacts on a family of having a member with a learning disability will most likely depend on the type of condition and the severity.

After reading the Chapter 14 from Marini & Stebnicki, mothers with disabilities do have a hard time when maintaining their parenting responsibilities. At times it can be the same way for mothers without a disability. It is a strain for mothers with a disability, because they are aware of the limit opportunities they have, but will not let their own children see their difficulties. I believe that mothers with a disability will not let their disability keep them from their duties of being a mother. It does not matter if their disability came before or after their children. Also, some mothers with a disability do not want their children to be taught, or obligated to take care of them. They want their children to live as children while going developing

Coming from a school where parents have a hard time valuing their child with a disability and comparing how supportive parents are in the Bryan-College Station area was truly a culture shock. From my experience, I believe that the parents of disabled children in the Bryan-College Station area have a better understanding and attitudes toward the goals that are set for their children and a belief that these goals are achievable, however I did not have the same positive experience in the school district from which I graduated. The philosophy that I witnessed growing up was that several parents would try to use their child’s disability as an excuse to get them further in

Some of the challenges faced were lack of access to information or services, financial barriers, school and community inclusion, and family support. These kinds of challenges can bring stress upon the parent or caregiver. According Resch et al; (2010), “parents expressed that learning where to search for information and services and then being able to access them was a process full of challenges and roadblocks” (pg. 143). Upon knowing your child has a disability, being able to obtain any services or resources from agencies can help relieve a lot of stress for the parent or caregiver. Some of the parents also noted that trying to access services cause a financial burden on them as well. “The lack of being able to overcome financial barriers may lead to family stress in families who have a child with a disability” (Resch et al; 2010, pg.

This interview really opened my eyes to the struggles parents of children with disabilities face. In the description of this assignment, it says the goal is to help me “walk a mile in their shoes”, however, I don’t think this experience even came close. I see the grief and pain they experience, the negative support and criticism from society, the difficult choices, and all the moments in life they no longer take for granted because of their situation, but, I couldn’t even imagine the life they live. I don’t feel I even have the right to say I have walked a mile in their shoes. The obstacles life has thrown at them are something that is virtually unimaginable for me. They are moving through life carrying the weight that no parent, family, couple,

Having a child with a disability can cause various hardships on a family. Families with a child with a disability can cause strains on finances, parental employment, and relationships within the family. After analyzing research done by a variety of sources the following essay should convey the findings in regard to the affects raising a child with a disability has on a family. One idea to keep in mind is disabilities have a variety of different impacts on a family, not all will impact a family the same way.

Living with a disability is by no mean an easy job for the patients. There are a lot of obstacles that these people have to go over and the frustration that comes from not being able to do activities/movements, even a subtle thing such as brushing teeth, that they were able to do just overwhelms their everyday lives. Living with disabilities for 48h has given me a lot to think about. It gave me an insight and taught me what itt is like to be a person with disabilities. I realized that people with disabilities want to live life, no differently than anyone else. They want to eat out with friends, watch movies, work normally and do shopping for their friends/families/self. The truth is, their lives do not have to be much different than other

The article will be used in the study in informing about learning disabilities. It is insightful about how parents can be more involved in the learning process of their disabled children. I will use it to emphasize the involvement of parents in helping children

I felt very privileged to be able to get the opportunity to listen to Jo and Jody talk about their lives. Both of these individuals broaden my perspective on life and how I can do things to impact others lives. I think overall the health of these individuals have directly impacted their lives and longevity. It was amazing seeing how these two interacted with each other and hearing about the great joy they both brought to each other’s lives. Things have not always been easy for this pair, but having each other has been crucial when overcoming certain challenges and obstacles in their lives. Jo began explaining what it was like having a child with an intellectual disability from early on. When Jody was born, Jo and his wife were given to option of whether or not they wanted to keep him. During this time, it was something that was not uncommon for parents with children that were born with a disability to be asked. Several of these parents had the choice of whether or not to keep and raise their children or the child could be taken away and be put into an institution. In these institutions, these children were treated poorly and did not receive the proper treatment they needed or deserve. Jo described how this was not a choice for his wife or him and that they were going to take Jody home and raise him like they would another other child. This was the same attitude Jo and his wife had when raising Jody and did everything they could to provide him with the best quality

The parenting responsibilities for parents of children with disabilities often need a significant amount of time to complete, can be physically demanding, can interrupt family and social relationships, and can adversely affect caregiver employment (Brannen & Heflinger, 2006; Seltzer & Heller, 1997). Perhaps as a consequence of these additional influences, family caregivers of children with disabilities can be at increased risk to experience depression, physical health problems, and decreased quality of life causing many insidious health problems like FM (Feldman, et al., 2007; Ones, Yilmaz, Cetinkaya, & Calgar, 2002)(f4)