Equipment and techniques
Alex Boyd, a disabled mother of four from Salisbury, UK, reviews the Cantaloop Maternity and Nursing Bra. Available from www.cantaloop.com.
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Practical information and peer support for disabled parents
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Equipment and techniques
Alana Doyle, a disabled mother from Glasgow, UK, reviews the Mamascarf breastfeeding scarf and the Arms Reach Co-sleeper bedside cot.
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Belinda Noda, from England describes her experiences of breastfeeding.
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Sinead Murphy, a mother with scoliosis, from County Cork, Ireland, and co-founder of the Scoliosis Support Association of Ireland (SSAI) talks about the difference between her two pregnancies and how she wants to dispel myths about pregnancy and...
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Contains information on various aspects of baby care for one-handed parents, including lifting and carrying, nappy changing, feeding, going out and about, bathing and bedtime. For each task area, the guide suggests things to consider and also offers...
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Lisa Goldstein has a digital hearing aid, a cochlear implant, and plenty of deaf-friendly communication equipment. She spends her days juggling life as a freelance journalist, wife, and mother of two in Pittsburgh, USA.
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"Do you think it might be possible to do an article on breastfeeding by mothers with a disability?” When Joanna Downes asked DPPI this question, we asked for her thoughts on the subject. Here are some of the points that Joanna raised.
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From birth onwards offers of information and tips for the postnatal stages, becoming a parent and caring for a new baby. It is part of the Having a baby pack. This pack guides visually impaired people through the process of becoming a parent, and ass...
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Emily Clacy, from Reading, UK, who has a spinal cord injury, describes her experience of some of the practical and emotional aspects of disabled parenthood.
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A parent, living in the UK, talks about the impossibility of getting information to make informed choices, and resisting pressures from the healthcare ‘know-it-alls’.
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Offers information on organisations, resources and equipment which may be helpful when becoming a parent and throughout parenthood. It is part of the Having a baby pack. This pack guides visually impaired people through the process of becoming a pare...
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Deborah Kitson, Chief Executive Officer, and Joanna Leaviss, Project Co-ordinator from the Ann Craft Trust (ACT), UK, describe a project to develop a learning disability training programme for professionals who support parents in pregnancy and early...
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The disabled woman's guide to pregnancy and birth, Judith Rogers, 2005, New York: Demos Medical Publishing. ISBN 1-932603-08-5. Available to purchase on-line from www.demosmedpub.com. E-mail: orderdept@demosmedpub.com Price: US$24.95. This new gu...
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Ellen Bird, a mother with amyoplasia, a form of arthrogryposis multiplex congenita (AMC), from Staffordshire, UK, talks about her experience of pregnancy and early parenthood.
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Sue Searle of Stevenage, Hertfordshire, UK, reviews A guide for parents with disabilities: highchairs, published by Ricability.
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