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admin · Posted: Sat Jan 27, 2007 9:48 pm Post subject: RECOGNISING FATHERS

Preface to a free 16 page leaflet by Professor Barry Carpenter, OBE"As a father of a child with a learning disability myself, I
know that the experience is full of strong emotions. Yet
the need to ‘hold it all together’ means that we rarely
get the opportunity to share our emotional needs.
However, I do believe that society’s attitudes to men as
carers generally, and towards fathers of children with
disabilities specifically, are changing. Our services need
to become more ‘father-friendly’, respecting the unique
contribution fathers have to make towards rearing
their children with learning disabilities. The stories
we heard from fathers during this project certainly
illuminated the male parenting role in poignant and
purposeful ways.
Fatherhood needs to be offered status and equality
and the fathers of children with disabilities warrant
respect and support. For the sake of those children we
need to ‘Recognise Fathers’."
Professor Barry Carpenter, OBE
Chair of the Recognising Fathers Advisory Committee

http://www.learningdisabilities.o...t/recognising_fathers_booklet.pdf
Copies of the full report are available to download free
of charge at http://www.learningdisabilities.org.uk