“They don’t think I can cope, because I have got a learning disability…”: Experiences of stigma in the lives of parents with learning disabilities (Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, July 2022, Vol. 35 Iss. 4, pps. 935-947)

Parents with learning disabilities report facing a widely held ‘presumption of incompetence’, placing them under pressure to prove their parenting competence. In collaboration with a learning disability theatre company, an inclusive research methodology explored experiences of parenting with learning disabilities, with a specific focus on the operation of stigma in parents’ lives.

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