FAMILIES

Exploring Disability, Family Formation and Break-up: Reviewing the evidence (26th August 2008)
The overall aim of the project is to assess patterns of family formation and change where families include a disabled adult or a disabled child and the primary focus is on family units which include a dependent child. The research involves assessing currently available literature and conducting data analysis to explore the experience of relationship breakdown in families which include a disabled person, and examining whether there are associations that can be highlighted between disability experiences and relationship transitions. The research seeks to enable Government to build strategies which better support disabled adults and parents of disabled children, particularly in relation to employment roles and additionally, in relation to carer and childcare related needs. The analysis has wider implications for policies concerning flexible leave arrangements in relation to childcare, disability experiences and caring and for support for lone-parents.
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