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RECOGNISING FATHERSPreface to a free 16 page leaflet by Professor Barry Carpenter, OBE"As a father of a child with a learning disability myself, Iknow 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 |