J. McLaughlin & Dan Goodley 
Families Raising Disabled Children [PDF ebook] 
Enabling Care and Social Justice

Drawing upon qualitative material from parents and professionals, including ethnography, narrative inquiry, interviews and focus groups, this book brings together feminist and critical disability studies theories.

Table of Content

Preface Acknowledgements Theorising Parents, Professionals and Disabled Babies Methodology Research Encounters Unmaking Children productive Parental Alliances Community Practices Professional, Institutional and Ethical Practices The Gender Dynamics, Transformative Potential and Boundaries of Care Values of Enabling Care and Social Justice References Index

About the author

JANICE MCLAUGHLIN is is Executive Director of the Policy, Ethics and Life Sciences (PEALS) Research Centre, Newcastle University, UK

DAN GOODLEY is Professor of Psychology and Disability at the Department of Psychology and Social Change, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK.

EMMA CLAVERING was one of the research associates involved in this study, she continues to work with Janice Mc Laughlin in PEALS in associated research projects.

PAMELA FISHER was one of the research associates involved in this study, she is now Senior Lecturer in Sociology at the University of Huddersfield, UK.