Mom, daughter challenge conventional thinking about parenting
October 6th, 2009Single mom with intellectual disability is raising daughter
‘A lot of my friends don’t have a mom who is always there for them the way my mom is for me. I’m so lucky.’
From People magazine (on newsstands) and NBC Philadelphia:
Bonnie Brown, a Pennsylvania single mother with a developmental disability, is raising her 12-year-old daughter with the help of a team of support staff. Together, Brown and daughter Myra demonstrate a new face of parenting: adults with intellectual disabilities who are raising children on their own.
‘Parents come in all shapes and sizes,” says Sandra Azar, a psychology professor and parenting expert at Penn State. “The truth is adults with ID can parent.”
The 2005 U.S. census found 132,200 people with intellectual disabilities caring for children in their homes, although experts believe the real number is much higher.
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