摘要:

Contemporary parenting standards in the field of child protection produce a paradox in disability policy. Focusing on the protections necessary for child safety, child protection workers are apt stereotypically to discount the abilities of parents with disabilities to raise their children. This situation runs a wide spectrum. It includes parents fully capable of parenting with no outside assistance who are nevertheless denied their children on the basis of completely baseless stereotypical assumptions. It includes parents who are mentally fully capable of parenting, but who are denied the necessary personal assistance services to perform the physical tasks of child care. This article, however, focuses on yet another situation: parents with mental, emotional, or cognitive disabilities who, without assistance to perform the cognitive tasks necessary for safely raising children, could neglect their children. It discusses this situation in light of the Americans with Disabilities Act and various state laws that protect the civil rights of persons with disabilities.

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb02187.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

This paper describes the research and training infrastructure that is needed if disability policy is to flourish as a viable field of inquiry. Due to its interdisciplinary character, no one discipline or academic field has adopted disability policy as its own, and as a result, has not developed the infrastructure needed to give disability policy the visibility and focus it deserves. This paper explores the reasons for the field's underdevelopment and proposes several developmental steps essential to its future success, Inparticular, the paper proposes (a) an academic home for disability policy, (b) the development of curriculum, (c) graduate and post‐doctoral research opportunities, (d) recruitment of students with disabilities, and (e) the establishment of policy research centers. The paper notes achievements already in place, such as a policy journal and the development of professional organizations. Finally, the paper notes the important role of both private and public fundin

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb02188.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

摘要:

Although the opportunities for research in disability policy are increasing, they remain considerably fewer than in adjacent areas, notably in policy for health, social services, and education. This article explores the new salience of research on disability policy, describes why its importance is likely to increase, and then explores some issues that reveal the under development of the field.

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb02189.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb02190.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY

ISSN:0190-292X    

DOI:10.1111/j.1541-0072.1994.tb02191.x

出版商:Blackwell Publishing Ltd    

年代:1994

数据来源: WILEY