Whose responsibility? Resilience in families of children with developmental disabilities |
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Authors: | Kristy Muir Iva Strnadová |
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Institution: | 1. Centre for Social Impact, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia;2. School of Education, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia |
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Abstract: | Families with children with disabilities are at higher risk of stress, financial disadvantage and breakdown. In recent decades, research and policy have shifted focus from these problems to a strengths-based approach, using concepts such as family resilience. By definition, resilience is the ability to cope in adverse circumstances, suggesting a reliance on the individual. If this is the case, then to what extent does ‘family resilience’ place another burden of responsibility onto families? Whose responsibility is family resilience? This paper begins to answer this question using interviews with parents of children with developmental disabilities based in New South Wales, Australia. |
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Keywords: | family resilience children with developmental disabilities individual characteristics and beliefs families’ skills and practices access to resources |
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