Growing up with Parents who have Learning Difficulties

'An extraordinarily good read ... credible, challenging and complex while remaining very readable. Such texts are crucial in breaking down some of the barriers surrounding people with learning disabilities.' - Nursing Times'This is a fascinating book at several levels ... offers a rich insight into what it's like to have a parent - or two parents - with learning difficulties ... the book combines research with practice and is a must both for researchers and for practitioners.' - Community Care Feb/Mar 1999'The book provides an excellent review of a broad range of literature and the discussion about narrative research is a welcome addition to the qualitative methodology discourse.' - Child and Family Social Work

• Chapter 1 Introduction; Chapter 2 Doing the research; Chapter 3 Talking with Danny Avebury; Chapter 4 What became of the children we used to be; Chapter 5 Risk, resilience and competence; Chapter 6 Still family; Chapter 7 Two lives revisited; Chapter 8 The myth of the upside down family; Chapter 9 System abuse and the limits of advocacy; Chapter 10 Where next?;