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Are there any #DisabledParents here on Bsky? I am a disabled mom who has a toddler and I would like to create a starter pack so that we can find each other and help each other out with creative solutions while raising our kids. #Disability #DisabledParenting #DisabledMom #DisabledDad #DisabledParent
October 28, 2024 at 9:04 PM
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Reposting this just so that I can find at least 7 #DisabledParents who would like to join a Starter Pack with #DisabledParents who share their experiences and creative solutions while raising their kids. Please repost for a greater reach. Reply to this post if you want to be in a Starter Pack
paulinewrites.bsky.social Pauline @paulinewrites.bsky.social · Oct 28
Are there any #DisabledParents here on Bsky? I am a disabled mom who has a toddler and I would like to create a starter pack so that we can find each other and help each other out with creative solutions while raising our kids. #Disability #DisabledParenting #DisabledMom #DisabledDad #DisabledParent
October 29, 2024 at 6:13 AM
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Parenting with cerebral palsy just means some things require more planning…

and a very solid sense of humor.

#DisabledParents #DadLife #CerebralPalsy
March 24, 2026 at 5:02 PM
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Is there a community on here for disabled parents? (Parents who are disabled).
Was mildly ill for 1st 4 years of my twins' lives, then in 2020 my hands &arms became much weaker. Now losing legs/becoming severe M E. I know how incredibly lucky I am to be a parent.
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#MECFS
December 16, 2024 at 1:05 PM
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Our new Resources & Publications page on the website helps parents, researchers, and others easily find the information they're looking for: zurl.co/mNVuV

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September 19, 2025 at 12:56 PM
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Join us for an important webinar discussion on emergency preparedness for disabled parents and their families.

Register here: zurl.co/DEEoc

#ParentsWithDisabilities #DisabledParents #DisabledParenting
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Webinar promotional graphic. Text reads: Disaster Preparedness for Parents with Disabilities. July 21, 2025 at 12 PM ET. Speakers: Melissa Marshall, Shari Myers, Judith Brown, and Morénike Giwa-Onaiwu. Four headshots of the speakers are displayed. Icons for ASL interpretation and closed captions are visible, indicating that these accessibility features will be provided during the webinar.
July 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
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Watch the webinar here: zurl.co/qiWsE

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May 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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In a recent blog post, Michelle Castille shares her experiences as a disabled parent, likening them to the everyday complexities of doing laundry. Read here: zurl.co/LNw2D

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While other families talk about sports schedules and weekend plans, many disabled parents are quietly managing crises created by the very systems meant to help them. You’re filling out forms, gathering records, fighting decisions that shouldn’t have happened, and explaining, over and over, that your disability doesn’t make you less of a parent, but it does mean the world isn’t designed for how your brain and body work.
December 5, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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The recordings from the, "Keeping Families Together: Disability Law Training for Parent Attorneys" are now available!

Watch here: zurl.co/4uuui

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#DisabledParent #DisabilityResearch
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July 14, 2025 at 2:16 PM
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Did you know that November is #NationalAdoptionMonth? Expand your understanding about adoption by attending our webinar about disabled adoptive parents and their experiences growing their families through adoption.

Register now: brandeis.zoom.us/webinar/regi...

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November 6, 2025 at 4:52 PM
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Dr. Monika Mitra, Director of the Lurie Institute, was recently highlighted in a @motherjones.com article titled "Forced Sterilization Isn’t a Relic of the Past."

Read the rest of the article here: zurl.co/5AwCA
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A speech bubble with a quote by Dr. Monika Mitra, The Lurie Institute for Disability Policy Director. If you can call out eugenics, and if we can call out sterilization [and] institutionalization, we can think about how we as a society view whether disabled people should be pregnant and whether disabled people should be parents.
March 1, 2025 at 6:54 PM
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Learn more here: zurl.co/lvarq

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As a mother with a hearing disability, she also wondered how many others had a similar disability. Includes a pie chart that highlights a small rate of hearing disabilities compared to the rest, with a symbol for hearing disability beside it. 18,000 of other/multiracial mothers have a hearing disability. A hearing disability is when your ability to detect sounds is partially, or totally, affected. Accessible supports for hearing disabilities include, but are not limited to hearing aids, transcription services, and sign language interpretation. Includes images for the ASL symbol, and a hearing aide. To learn more about disabled women, visit our Disability Data Dashboard
August 26, 2025 at 10:49 PM
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‘Even worse, there are plans to cut #disabilitybenefits to the extent that some #disabledparents stand to lose up to £10,000 a year in the #pip personal independence payment and carer’s allowance....
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April 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
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New research brief 🔍 Entrenchment of Eugenic Ideology: Parents with Intellectual Disabilities and Termination of Parental Rights Decisions

Read the full brief: zurl.co/WzhPL

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Judge gavel that symbolizes the legal system, and symbol of a person with a disability in a wheelchair. Brief title reads: Entrenchment of Eugenic Ideology: Parents with Intellectual Disabilities and Termination of Parental Rights Decisions Findings. We found that eugenics showed up in the court cases in distinct but overlapping ways. A flowchart diagram showing the ways that eugenic ideology influences the perception and treatment of parents with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The top section reads “Eugenic Ideology” and branches out into several interconnected ideas: 1. Pathologization of parental disability, 2. Imposition of unreasonable standards and expectations, and 3. Privileging of Western medical science. Then, those dynamics culminate into the final section, which represents the broader consequences described as a “dynamic of punishment and guilt.”
May 26, 2026 at 4:51 PM
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Nuevo informe de investigación 🔍 Afianzamiento de la ideología eugenésica: Las madres y los padres con discapacidades intelectuales y las decisiones de suspensión de la patria potestad

Lee el informe completo: zurl.co/Dzm6f

#DisabledParents #ParentsWithDisabilities #Eugenics
Mazo judicial como símbolo del sistema jurídico y el símbolo de una persona con discapacidada en silla de ruedas. El título del informe de investigación dice: Afianzamiento de la ideología eugenésica: Las madres y los padres con discapacidades intelectuales y las decisiones de suspensión de la patria potestad Hallazgos. Encontramos que la eugenesia se hizo presente en los casos judiciales de maneras distintas pero superpuestas. Diagrama conceptual que ilustra las maneras en que la ideología eugenésica influye en la percepción y el trato de las madres y los padres con discapacidades intelectuales y del desarrollo. La parte superior dice “Ideología eugenésica” y se ramifica en varias ideas interconectados: “La caracterización de la discapacidad parental como patología,” “La imposición de normas y expectativas poco razonables,” y “El privilegio que se le otorga a la ciencia médica occidental.” En última instancia, estas dinámicas culminan en consecuencias más amplias que se describen como una “dinámica de castigo y culpa.”
May 26, 2026 at 4:49 PM
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New Research Brief 📑 Implementing the ParentingWell Approach in Philadelphia

Learn more: heller.brandeis.edu/parents-with...

#ParentsWithDisabilities #DisabledParents #DisabledParenting
#DisabilityResearch #MentalHealth
Nearly 1 out of 4 of American parents who live with their children under the age of 18 had a mental illness within the past year. Includes images of four figures of different genders and disabilities, with one of them highlighted to signify 1 out of 4. The ParentingWell Practice Approach supports behavioral-health practitioners in integrating conversations about parenting and family experiences into their work with adults with mental illness. The adaptation process in Philadelphia included the following overlapping steps: 1 The establishment of an Adaptation Team. 2 Community review of existing ParentingWell content. 3. The ParentingWell Learning Collaborative, an online training program for providers in Philadelphia. Each point is accompanied with an illustration of a group of researchers discussing data. Community reviewers identified benefits of ParentingWell for the Philadelphia community: The materials provide a blueprint for clinicians to engage and ask questions about parenting and wasn’t too clinical.” “As a parent who is coping with mental illness, I think that if this program had been available sooner, I would have found stability and success in my parenting, daily life, career, etc., a long time ago.” The questions and activities were thought provoking.
February 4, 2026 at 3:15 PM
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Help the National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities identify important topics for the community!

English: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-survey
Español: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-encuesta

#ParentsWithDisabilities #DisabledParents #DisabledParenting #DisabledParent #DisabilityResearch
A mom using a wheelchair sits at a table with her young child typing on a computer. Text reads Are you a disabled parent, or a professional that serves disabled parents? The National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities wants to hear from YOU! We are doing a survey to learn about the needs of disabled parents. Please answer a few questions about how we can best support disabled parents and professionals who serve them. Take survey: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-survey. A scannable QR code to the English survey is visible. n padre latino con una diferencia en las extremidades sonríe a su hija, quien sostiene un teléfono inteligente para que ambos lo miren. El texto: ¿Eres una madre o un padre con discapacidad, o un profesional que trabaja con madres o padres con discapacidad? ¡El Centro Nacional de Investigación para Padres con Discapacidades quiere escuchar TU opinión! Estamos realizando una encuesta para conocer mejor las necesidades de las madres y los padres con discapacidad. Por favor, responde unas breves preguntas sobre cómo podemos apoyar de la mejor manera a las madres y los padres con discapacidad y a los profesionales que los atienden. Participa en la encuesta: TinyURL.com/NRCPD-encuesta. Se muestra un código QR escaneable que dirige a la encuesta en español.
November 5, 2025 at 8:43 PM
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which provide practical guidance, resources, and strategies to support parents with disabilities in planning for and responding to emergencies.

Read the full compilation here: heller.brandeis.edu/parents-with...

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Should every disabled parent have a generator? Sometimes people with disabilities assume they require a generator. Your first question should be “Is a generator the best option for my family and me?” We suggest that you consider the following as you decide. Generators: Are not always the best solution Cannot be used in apartments Can be dangerous when not properly used Are not affordable for many people, including maintenance and fueling. Read more specific information on our resource webpage. Illustration of a generator. Are disaster shelters required to provide a hospital bed for a parent with a disability in a shelter? Yes, disaster shelters must provide a hospital bed if requested. They can also accommodate individuals who request other sleeping options, such as a recliner, pressure mat (like an egg crate mattress topper), etc. Illustration of a patient lying in a hospital bed. Explore more resources for disabled parents and/or disaster preparedness: The Partnership for Inclusive Disaster Strategies. Ready.gov. American Red Cross. FEMA. The National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities. Includes a QR code to scan for full list of FAQs.
September 8, 2025 at 4:50 PM
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Nicole Lomerson is a white woman with long brown hair, and below her is a white ASL interpreter with dark brown hair, wearing a black blouse.

#ParentsWithDisabilities #DisabledParents #DisabledParenting
#DisabledParent #DisabilityResearch
August 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
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To learn more, visit our Disability Data Dashboard: zurl.co/Rdayr

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To learn more about American Indian/Alaska Native disabled parents, visit our Disability Data Dashboard. Screenshot of Dashboard Website.
August 10, 2025 at 12:34 AM
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Video Description: Presentation slides with information about Disabled Parents. Nicole Lomerson is a white woman with long brown hair, and below her is a white ASL interpreter with dark brown hair, wearing a black blouse. 

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August 5, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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Read her story: zurl.co/Jo9uu

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My life with disability – Lurie Institute for Disability Policy
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June 24, 2025 at 12:19 PM
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Who are Disabled Parents?
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June 15, 2025 at 2:50 AM
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How does NIDILRR help you?

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June 3, 2025 at 4:35 PM
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A judge decides this in court and can end a parent’s rights to their child. Learn more in this plain language brief.
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"Researchers found that:" "1. Termination of parental rights was the result in most of the appealed cases. The cases were all mothers with disabilities in court (Accompanying illustration of a judge presiding of a case and a pie chart showing how 93% of TPR came from the appeals). 2. The type of disability does not impact the termination of parental rights risk (Accompanying illustrations of physical, intellectual, hearing, and visual disabilities). 3. Characteristics besides disability impact the risk of termination of parental rights." "What needs to change?" "People with disabilities deserve protection for their families. The study has two ideas on how to do this. Mandated reporters must not use biased tests. Parents with disabilities must receive increased support services. The needs of every parent with a disability are different. Because of this, programs should be unique to each family." Accompanying illustration of a red circle with a diagonal line through it, symbolizing "no". Inside this circle is a paper labeled "IQ Test". It invites readers to read the brief on the website using a QR code, along with the author's name, Marcy Waring. The title of the brief is "Terminating the parental rights of mothers with disabilities."
May 28, 2025 at 1:59 PM