By Jill Harrison, Matthew Henderson, Rob Leonard
Fathers of disabled young ones can believe ignored while the point of interest of a lot parenting help is aimed toward moms. "Different Dads" is a suite of non-public stories written through fathers of kids with a incapacity who think of their very own reviews and supply suggestion to different fathers and households at the demanding situations of elevating a baby with a incapacity. The fathers featured characterize a large spectrum of reports. participants are drawn from a variety of cultures; a few are unmarried fathers, others are married adoptive fathers. What all of them have in universal are the demanding situations that face them and their households in elevating a baby with a incapacity. parts explored contain the reactions of relatives, associates and co-workers, how you can take care of the corporations and execs that help households with a disabled baby and the trouble of being open approximately emotions in a tradition that does not consistently anticipate males to have a delicate or nurturing function. providing direct and insightful views on being a father of a kid with a incapacity, this ebook may be a necessary resource of help and knowledge for households with disabled youngsters, and in addition for wellbeing and fitness and social care execs who paintings with those households.
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When we both found out that there was a possible problem with Mark, and Catherine had to give up work, I told my employers, Royal Mail, of the situation. I had to give up work too when, two months before 30 Andrew 31 Mark was born, Catherine became too poorly to carry on looking after Christopher and the house. Royal Mail has in place a ‘family-friendly’ attitude towards any problems that may occur, so I was supported throughout my time off before Mark was born. In total, I had to take about six months in one continuous period off work until Mark was discharged from hospital.
He can’t catch up anyone at football, and he can’t play tennis – the ball just goes too fast. He can’t 56 Different Dads make sudden movements – say, when trying to catch a ball. And he’s small too – he was always along the bottom line in the red book that measures children’s development. But he’s a happy chap, who enjoys life. It was hard for my partner, dealing with a rare condition in a foreign country. She moved to England in the January and became pregnant in the March – so she’d barely been here a year when the baby was born.
It was a mixture of joy, relief and sadness that I’d needed to ‘treat’ my own child and had got it right. Matthew, for all his difficulties, is a happy child in the main. He loves being in a child carrier on my back. This is great because it’s too physical for Helen so I feel that this is something I can do for him that no one else in the family can. In a silly way that satisfies my ‘macho’ side, which still has microscopic issues with being a ‘child carer’ and not a ‘hunter-gatherer’. Rob 41 Mealtimes are hard because he cannot feed himself and suffers discomfort when he eats.