Parent Advocacy for Lives That Matter

Autor/inn/en	Harry, Beth; Ocasio-Stoutenburg, Lydia
Titel	Parent Advocacy for Lives That Matter
Quelle	In: Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 46 (2021) 3, S.184-198 (15 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Harry, Beth)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1540-7969
DOI	10.1177/15407969211036442
Schlagwörter	Advocacy; Parent Role; Disabilities; Children; Minority Groups; Mothers; COVID-19; Pandemics; African Americans; Racial Bias; Social Bias; Ethnicity; Equal Education; Students with Disabilities; Educational Legislation; Federal Legislation; Value Judgment; Down Syndrome; Clinical Diagnosis + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sozialanwaltschaft; Parental role; Elternrolle; Handicap; Behinderung; Child; Kind; Kinder; Ethnische Minderheit; Mother; Mutter; Afroamerikaner; Racial discrimination; Rassismus; Ethnizität; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Bildungsrecht; Schulgesetz; Bundesrecht; Werturteil; 'Downs Syndrome; Down''s Syndrome'; Down-Syndrom
Abstract	This article draws parallels between the concept of "Black lives matter" and the efforts of caregivers to advocate for the value of the lives of their children who have disabilities. The authors identify three key concepts that undergird their argument: first, the concept of systemic bias as built in to the hierarchical valuing of different disabilities and the role of this bias in the valuing of parents' voices; second, the ways in which stigmatized identity markers intersect to intensify bias; and third, the authors propose a broad interpretation of the meaning of parent advocacy in which service providers seek to work as co-advocates rather than as professional advisors. The authors review relevant literature on these themes and also draw on their own experiences as women of color who are parents of children with disabilities. They present their exploration of these topics against the backdrop of the convergence of the COVID-19 pandemic and the Black Lives Matter movement, and call on epistemological assumptions and intersectionality to address the question of whether participants' perspectives on racism should be considered as "truth." (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01