Hispanic Youth/Young Adults with Disabilities: Parents' Visions for the Future

Abstract

The rapid increase of culturally and linguistically diverse populations in the United

Transition Goals and Experiences of Females with Disabilities: Youth, Parents, and Professionals

“…These barriers include stereotypes about CLD families having "diffetent" or "lesser" goals. In actuality, though, recent literature emphasizes the similarity berween the goals of CLD youth and families and Anglo families (Blue-Banning, Turnbull, & Pereira, 2002;Cinorio &C Huston, 2001). We found that although CLD youth and family goals are often similar to others, the way in which goals are defined or arrived at may be different.…”

Vicarious Futurity in Autism and Childhood Dementia

“…This attitude enables them to pursue treatment options and cope with the day-to-day challenges and stress involved in parenting a child with a disability (Bland & Darlington, 2002;Herth, 1993;Kearney, 1994;Riley, 1997;Schall, 2000). These parents' hope includes many of the same goals that parents of typically developing children have, i.e., for their child to be happy, attend school, have friends, have a secure financial future, be safe from harm, attain the highest education possible, live independently, hold a job, be accepted in the community, and be socially responsible (Blue-Banning, Turnbull, & Pereira, 2002;Heiman, 2002). Ivey (2004) reported that parents of children with autism were hopeful about their expectations being fulfilled but believed that their child would have difficulty attaining them.…”

Parent Involvement in Meaningful Post-School Experiences for Young Adults With IDD and Pervasive Support Needs

“…In fact, those with more intensive needs were more likely to live in the family home and spend time in day programs or sheltered workshops, were less likely to experience choice in their lives, and had lower rates of paid employment and community inclusion (Gray et al, 2014;Neely-Barnes, Marcenko, & Weber, 2008). Families may perceive employment to be difficult and less likely for those with pervasive support needs (Author, 2015;Blue-Banning, Turnbull, & Pereira, 2002;Davies & Beamish, 2009;Chambers, Hughes, & Carter, 2004). Recognizing that people with pervasive support needs may not engage in full-time, paid employment, community-based non-work activities such as volunteering and community participation have emerged as a potential alternative (Sulewski, 2010).…”