Are you a parent with a disability? What adaptations have you made to make parenting easier? Enter a chance to win a $50 Amazon® Gift Card by submitting a video or photo showing how you parent with a disability for the Disabled Parenting Project (DPP) website. Videos or photos must demonstrate an adaptive parenting technique […]
Show Us How You Do It Contest: Seeking Parents With Disabilities
Help Another Disabled Parent by Showing How You Do it! Enter Chance to Win a $50 Amazon® Gift Card! Enter a chance to win a $50 Amazon® Gift Card by submitting a video or photo showing how you parent with a disability for the Disabled Parenting Project (DPP) website. Videos or photos must demonstrate an adaptive parenting […]
Disabled Parenting Project Guest Blogger Contest: Win a $50 Gift Card!
Win a $50 Amazon® Gift Card! Enter a chance to win a $50 Amazon® Gift Card by writing for the Disabled Parenting Project (DPP) blog. The DPP is seeking guest blogs written by parents with disabilities on any topic related to parenting. For each blog submitted, guest bloggers will be entered into a lottery. Contestants […]
Help Protect the Rights of Parents with Disabilities in Massachusetts
Attention Massachusetts Residents: Please take a moment to call or email your state Senator and Representative and ask them to cosponsor HD. 1584 (Lead Sponsor: Rep. Heroux) and SD. 1110 (Lead Sponsor: Sen. L’Italien): An Act prohibiting discrimination against adults with disabilities in family and juvenile court proceedings. This legislation will protect the rights of parents […]
Happy Holidays from the Disabled Parenting Project!
Dear friend, As the Disabled Parenting Project’s first holiday season draws near, we wanted to take a moment to reflect on our many achievements in 2016, and more importantly, thank all of our supporters! Since the DPP’s launch in March, things for us have been incredibly exciting! We have a growing membership, impressive following on […]
LapBaby: The Babywearing Solution for Wheelchair Users?
The Disabled Parenting Project (DPP) recently had the opportunity to review the LapBaby, a hands-free baby carrier. The LapBaby was designed to allow parents to safely hold their baby hands-free while in the sitting position. While not specifically designed for parents who are wheelchair users, the LapBaby holds great potential! Below are reviews from DPP […]
The ADA and Disabled Parenting: A Call to Action
Nearly 26 years ago, on July 26, 1990, President George H. W. Bush signed the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) into law, proclaiming “Let the shameful wall of exclusion finally come tumbling down!”[1] In passing the ADA, with the purpose of lessening stigma and discrimination against people with disabilities, Congress avowed “the Nation’s proper goals […]
The Americans with Disabilities Act is turning 26: What does that mean for parents with disabilities?
Join the Disabled Parenting Project in celebrating the 26th anniversary of the ADA and its impact on parents with disabilities! Leading up to the anniversary, on July 26th, we plan to publish blog posts about the ADA and how it affects parents with disabilities. We are looking for parents, prospective parents, and professionals to write […]
The Disability Integration Act: What Does it Have to do with Parenting?
Although I consider myself a pretty strong advocate, I have been admittedly less involved with – and aware of – the Disability Integration Act (DIA). Yes, I knew it was something the disability community was advocating for and it related to the right to long-term services and supports. But, that is about the extent of […]