Looking at the futrure and seeing the past: The challenge of the middle years of parenting a child with intellectual disabilities

Journal of Intellectual Disability Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 389-404

  Todd, Stuart ^a   Jones, S ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Adolescence; Family; Identity; Mid life

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CONCEPT FORMATION; EXPERIENCE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IDENTITY; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; INTERVIEW; LIFE EVENT; MATERNAL BEHAVIOR; MATERNAL WELFARE; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; PARENTHOOD; REINFORCEMENT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; ADAPTIVE BEHAVIOR; CHILD; CHILD PARENT RELATION; HANDICAPPED CHILD; LITERATURE; MALE; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL BEHAVIOR; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADAPTATION, PSYCHOLOGICAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANECDOTES; CHILD; DISABLED CHILDREN; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS; LIFE CHANGE EVENTS; MALE; MENTAL RETARDATION; MIDDLE AGED; MOTHERS; PARENTING; SOCIAL IDENTIFICATION; WALES;

EID: 19444384231     PISSN: 09642633     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2005.00675.x     Document Type: Article

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