Disability, Work, and Family
About
The aim of this networking community is to bring together researchers, practitioners, policy-makers, people with disabilities, and those caring for family members with disabilities to share their expertise and experiences with disability, work, and care.
Objectives
- To share research findings and the experience of combining paid work with family responsibilities when one has a disability.
- To share research findings and the experience of combining paid work with caring for a related child or adult with a disability.
- To produce robust research that accurately reflects, and is targeted at improving, the work-life experiences of people with disabilities or their caregivers in fulfilling their work, family, and community roles.
- To encourage and enhance interest in, and commitment to, work-family issues as they relate to people with disabilities and their families.
- To facilitate inter-disciplinary research, policy, and practice collaborations as they relate to disability, paid employment, and care.
- To foster connections between disability researchers, and practitioners working with people with disabilities or people caring for a related child or adult with a disability.
- To work together to influence governments, service providers, and employers to improve policy and practice in supporting families in which there is a member with a disability.
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Resources
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Contacts
Chair: Shirley Porterfield, University of Missouri St. Louis; porterfields@umsl.edu
Membership Coordinator: Claudia Sellmaier, University of Washington Tacoma; sellmaic@uw.edu