title: Social Context of Disabled Parenting.
abstract: The article discusses parenting of individuals with disability. It was based on the perspective of barriers, which (next to the perspective of risk and the functional perspective) marks the nature of discourse this theme takes in the literature on the subject and in practice. The perspective of barriers, related to the social model of disability, emphasizes the social factors important for the quality of parenting of individuals with disability. These factors were analyzed on the basis of available research results with mothers and fathers with disability, and able-bodied individuals who are part of their professional and non-professional environment. The article draws attention to the specificity of socialization of individuals with disability and its significance for preparations for family roles, social attitudes towards disabled individuals' parenting, and their determinants. It also presents disabled parents' experiences and the importance of realizing their role of a mother or father.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Institute of Pedagogy, University of Maria Curie Sklodowska, Narutowicza Street 12, 20-004 Lublin, Poland.
authors.forename: Monika
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Parchomiuk
keywords: Experience of motherhood and fatherhood; Parents with disability; Poland; Social attitudes; Socialization