Relevant articles by the team
People with intellectual disability can be parents and caregivers too – but the NDIS doesn’t support them https://theconversation.com/people-with-intellectual-disability-can-be-parents-and-caregivers-too-but-the-ndis-doesnt-support-them-186742
Wedgwood, Collings, S., Spencer, M., & Hindmarsh, G. (2021). Mother of a problem! Are the Needs of Mothers with Intellectual Disability Being Addressed in the NDIS Era? Journal of Social Inclusion, 12(2), 67–. https://doi.org/10.36251/josi.226. Available for download at: https://rccf-parenting-disability.sydney.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Wedgwood-Collings-Spencer-Hindmarsh-2021-copy87.pdf
Collings, S., Spencer, M., Dew, A., & Dowse, L. (2018). “She was there if I needed to talk or to try and get my point across”: Specialist advocacy for parents with intellectual disability in the Australian child protection system. Australian Journal of Human Rights. 24(2), 162-181. https://doi.org/10.1080/1323238X.2018.1478595. Available for download at idrs.org.au/site18/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/She-was-there-if-I-needed-to-talk-or-to-try-and-get-my-point-across-specialist-advocacy-for-parents-with-intellectual-disability-in-the-Australian.pdf
Llewellyn, G., & Hindmarsh, G. (2015). Parents with Intellectual Disability in a Population Context. Current developmental disorders reports, 2(2), 119-126. Available for download at: https://ses.library.usyd.edu.au/handle/2123/13553