This familiar argument is the core of Newman's "new thinking" about families affected by disability. He attacks prejudice about disability, distorted thinking on risk and resilience and services for young carers with equal vigour.
A cause of controversy has always been the vagueness of the term "disabled parents". Newman is most insightful on physically disabled parents, but less knowledgeable about parental mental ill-health and excludes parental substance misuse. But young carers who support parents with mental health and substance misuse problems form the majority of projects' work, and have different needs to those supporting physically disabled parents whose emotional abilities remain intact.
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