Against the Odds: Growing Up With Parents Who Have Learning Difficulties
- 1 February 2000
- journal article
- case report
- Published by American Association on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (AAIDD) in Mental Retardation
- Vol. 38 (1) , 1-14
- https://doi.org/10.1352/0047-6765(2000)038<0001:atoguw>2.0.co;2
Abstract
For this article we drew on material from a study in which we explored how people who were brought up in a family headed by a parent or parents with learning difficulties managed the transition to adulthood. Using evidence from in-depth interviews, we provided an assessment of how the now-adult children came through what would generally be seen as a risk-filled upbringing. Despite the problems they encountered in their childhood, many of which originated outside the home, most of the informants had maintained a valued relationship with their family and remained close to their mother.Keywords
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