Disabled men and fathering

Opportunities and Constraints

Datos Bibliográficos

ID2172136
AutoresMajella Kilkey (0000-0002-0842-7290), Harriet Clarke (0000-0001-7226-4126)
Año2010
Volumen13
Número2
Páginas127-146
Fecha de publicación2010-05-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaCommunity Work & Family (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1366-8803 • E-ISSN: 1469-3615
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13668800902923738
OpenAlexW2015938856
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas13
Referencias citadas3

Over the last decade in the UK and elsewhere, fathers have become a visible presence in research and social welfare policy and practice agendas. While there is an increasing awareness of the heterogeneity of fathering contexts and experiences, disability as a dimension of difference among fathers has received little attention. This is so across all relevant bodies of research, including those on fathering, masculinities, disability, and parenting. In this paper, we seek to contribute to filling this gap by exploring the experiences of disabled men in relation to their fathering experiences. We draw on the findings from two qualitative research projects conducted in the UK, one on the experiences of disabled parents (mothers and fathers), the other on the experiences of disabled fathers. The findings suggest that the experience of impairment and disability positions men in relation to fathering in ways which can be both constraining of their fathering practices, as well as opportunistic in terms of re-articulating more 'traditional' fathering identities and practices. We suggest that while disability intersects with other important social divisions, there is a need for further research focused on the shared experiences of disabled fathers, particularly to inform family and child welfare policy and practice agendas

Developmental psychology · Dimension (graph theory · Disabled people · Lived experience · Political science · Qualitative research · Relation (database · Social science · Sociology · Welfare · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Family Support in Illness · Psychology · Applied Psychology · Social Psychology