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Kent, Deborah

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“…Concerning the actual practice of daily parenting, this was experienced as the exploration of a personal, unique box of tricks. Both the interviewed parents and the existing literature (Van den Abbeel & Balfoort, 2016;De Visscher, 2014;Kent, 2002;Molden, 2014;Rosenblum, et al, 2009;Vancoillie, n.d.) concurred that mobility was the most significant practical issue and emotional burden. Less agreement was found on the need for additional psychological support for the parents themselves (Molden, 2014).…”

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“…Their mobility struggle additionally impacts the child in terms of transport limitations impacting leisure time outside the home environment (De Visscher, 2014;Molden, 2014;Vancoillie, n.d.). Throughout their life, all activities must be sufficiently anticipated and carefully planned (Rosenblum, et al, 2009), and all materials or means of transport are applied and adapted to reduced mobility possibilities (Van den Abbeel & Balfoort, 2016;Kent, 2002). Concretely, visually impaired parents use strollers, baby slings and other equipment that can be utilized while moving by train, a passenger in a car/taxi and/or on foot.…”

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In general, adults with a visual impairment experience social beliefs including judgmental, curious, worried, admiring and anxious reactions as harmful (Van den Abbeel & Balfoort, 2016;De Visscher, 2014;Kent, 2002;Molden, 2014), and societal responses tend to betray ignorance and incomprehension (Rosenblum, et al, 2009). Progress and acceptance of disability, barriers in daily living, or (in)dependence of them as a parent are socially and emotionally challenging (Molden, 2014;Rosenblum et al, 2009).…”

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Progress and acceptance of disability, barriers in daily living, or (in)dependence of them as a parent are socially and emotionally challenging (Molden, 2014;Rosenblum et al, 2009). Popular narratives on the pursuit of parenthood generally do not consider a place for visual impairment (Kent, 2002), leading visually impaired parents to experience stigmatizationeven when this is not intended (Van den Abbeel & Balfoort, 2016;De Visscher, 2014;Kent, 2002). The external information sources of parents (Cezario, et al, 2017;Pagliuca, et al, 2009;Rosenblum, et al, 2009) are multiple (e.g.…”

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The external information sources of parents (Cezario, et al, 2017;Pagliuca, et al, 2009;Rosenblum, et al, 2009) are multiple (e.g. exchanges with companions and non-disabled parents), personal and disability-specific (Kent, 2002). Like others, disabled parents receive support from their social network, such as for babysitting (Cezario, et al, 2017;Pagliuca, et al, 2009;Rosenblum, et al, 2009), but sometimes visually impaired parents require psychological help too.…”

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

Havermaet¹,

Schauwer²,

Hove³

2021

DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies

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It is barely taken into account that a visually impaired child might one day become a parent. Research on the insider perspectives of parents on parenting with a visual impairment is scarce. This exploratory study reports on how six mothers and seven fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood. An individual or paired open interview, followed by qualitative content analysis, captured their multi-layered and personal lived experiences on parenting. Analysis of the data collected revealed three themes: the actual practices of daily parenting as an exploration of a personal and unique toolbox for each parent; a parental urge to prove themselves to overcome extra doubts, pressure and othering; and the relational work of parents with their partner and child(ren).

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Parents Living With a Visual Impairment: Insights From Previmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

Havermaet¹,

Schauwer²,

Hove³

2021

DiGeSt - Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies

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How Young People with Disabilities Conceptualize The Body, Sex and Marriage in Urban India: Four Case Studies

Addlakha

2007

Sex Disabil

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Historically in India as elsewhere in the world, there has been a deep-rooted cultural antipathy to persons with disabilities. They have been portrayed as medical anomalies, helpless victims and a lifelong burden for family and society. While today there is a general recognition in India of the need to enhance educational and employment opportunities for persons with disabilities in order to promote economic self-reliance and independent living, their sexual needs, dreams and aspirations are more or less invisible. Sexual and reproductive rights are considered irrelevant for persons with disabilities. Using qualitative data, this paper discusses notions of sexual identity among urban Indian youth through four case studies of college students in Delhi. Gender emerges as a key analytical category in perceptions of sexuality among young men and women with visual and locomotor disabilities. The paper does not claim to capture the complex reality of disabled sexuality in India, but highlights some key issues in a hitherto largely under-research domain. But the author's analysis carries added value, since she herself has low vision; thus conferring a reflexive angle to the research. Gender Subjectivity and Sexual IdentityInstead of giving rights to citizens with disabilities and empowering them, a culture of charity and welfare has been systematically promoted in India since the colonial period. The disability discourse has primarily focused on issues related to the medical management, education and employment of persons with disabilities.

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Motherhood Experiences of Visually Impaired and Normally Sighted Women

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The present study explores the characteristics of visually impaired mothers’ personal identities as reflected in their individual representations of motherhood taking account of the impact of the specific social context on these representations. The sample included 20 visually impaired (VI) and 21 normally sighted (NS) mothers. In line with the narrative psychological approach to motherhood, each participant gave a narrative account of her related experiences in a semi-structured interview. The transcribed responses were subjected to a thematic analysis aimed at comparing the narratives of visually impaired and normally sighted mothers’ for thematic composition in order to identify shared and impairment specific themes of motherhood experiences. The motherhood experiences were sorted into eight thematic categories: Emotions; Continuity; Personal Development; Connectedness; Challenges; Partner; Roles and Principles; and Calling/Career. While in some categories VI and NS mothers showed similar patterns of experience, such as finding a new purpose in life and developing a new role in the family with the advent of pregnancy (Personal Development), in other categories motherhood experiences were thematized differently, such as VI mothers focused on challenges posed by day-to-day situations, NS mothers were rather concerned with their children’s future (Challenges). The study presents the shared and non-shared aspects of disabled and non-disabled women’s motherhood experiences with the primary aim of demonstrating the potential impact of the prevailing sociocultural norms, and attitudes considering visually impaired mothers on their motherhood experiences.

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Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

Unseen? A qualitative study on how mothers and fathers living with a visual impairment experience parenthood

How Young People with Disabilities Conceptualize The Body, Sex and Marriage in Urban India: Four Case Studies

Motherhood Experiences of Visually Impaired and Normally Sighted Women

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