Richard Olsen is a Research Fellow at the Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, University of Leicester. Parenting and disability, including issues around 'young caring', are his main research interests.Harriet Clarke is a Lecturer in Psychology and Social Work in the Institute of Applied Social Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include mental health and parenting.

"... fundamental reading for social workers, healthcare and childhood studies students as well as being an important contribution to disability literature." Journal of Social Policy

• Contents: Introduction; Invisibility and exclusion; Demographic characteristics of the final sample; Access to support; Children's involvement in domestic and 'caring' work: new insights; The life course: dimensions of change in parenting and disability; Individuals, families and relationships; Conclusion.

Richard Olsen is a Research Fellow at the Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, University of Leicester. Parenting and disability, including issues around 'young caring', are his main research interests.Harriet Clarke is a Lecturer in Psychology and Social Work in the Institute of Applied Social Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include mental health and parenting.

"... fundamental reading for social workers, healthcare and childhood studies students as well as being an important contribution to disability literature." Journal of Social Policy

• Contents: Introduction; Invisibility and exclusion; Demographic characteristics of the final sample; Access to support; Children's involvement in domestic and 'caring' work: new insights; The life course: dimensions of change in parenting and disability; Individuals, families and relationships; Conclusion.

Richard Olsen is a Research Fellow at the Nuffield Community Care Studies Unit, University of Leicester. Parenting and disability, including issues around 'young caring', are his main research interests.Harriet Clarke is a Lecturer in Psychology and Social Work in the Institute of Applied Social Studies at the University of Birmingham. Her research interests include mental health and parenting.

"... fundamental reading for social workers, healthcare and childhood studies students as well as being an important contribution to disability literature." Journal of Social Policy

• Contents: Introduction; Invisibility and exclusion; Demographic characteristics of the final sample; Access to support; Children's involvement in domestic and 'caring' work: new insights; The life course: dimensions of change in parenting and disability; Individuals, families and relationships; Conclusion.