Being a mother behind a mother with intellectual disability

By and large, the value of family behind the family is not seriously appreciated by the formal service system. Help for vulnerable families is usually limited to parent education and therapeutic intervention. More thinking needs to be done to acknowledge and foster the role of families supporting families.

Nine years on, I can truly say that Amanda's pronouncement was true: the twins have been good news...in fact, double good news! Amanda's life, and certainly my life, is all the richer because of the family we have created.


http://www.abc.net.au/rampup/articles/2013/04/23/3743491.htm

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