can parents help with my dissertation?

[s.elliott77]

Hi,

I am currently writing a dissertation at university on the emotional and practical impact on parents who have children with disabilities. I was wondering whether anybody would care to share their experiences with me that I could use as examples for my dissertation. If you are interested in sharing your experiences I could send you a questionnaire, or alternatively you could post your experiences up on here. My email address is s.elliott77@yahoo.com if you want to email your responses there. Information you give me may be used in the dissertation if you give permission, however, identities would remain confidential. Any responses would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you

Sarah

[Barb]

Post your questionaire here and I will try to help. Also, you may not want to post your email addy on an open board like this as spambots will pick it up and you will be flooded with spam mail soon.

[s.elliott77]

Thank you for your reply, your response will be really helpful! Here is the questionnaire. Thanks again!


Sarah Elliott

Investigating the practical and emotional impact on parents who have children with disabilities.

I am a third year student at the University of Leeds and I am interested in investigating the above title for my dissertation. Please feel free to complete this questionnaire if you feel you have any useful information that relates to this topic. Answers that you do give may be referred to in the dissertation. You may answer as many questions as you feel comfortable with and any personal information that you give shall remain confidential.


1.How many children with disabilities do you have? (Please tick the relevant box)

 1  2  3 or more



2.What is the gender of these children? (Please tick the relevant box)

 Boy  Girl



3. What is their disability? (please give a brief description of what the disability entails)

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4. What, if any, support do you receive to enable adequate provisions?
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5.Do you feel satisfied with the support you are provided with? Do you feel you have any unmet needs?

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6.Does anything strike you as unfair or inconsistent in the treatment/provision received for your child?

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7.Do you feel provision and care is dependent on financial situations?
(please give any details on whether it makes you feel financially drained or not?)

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8. What sort of impact do you feel the disability has on your personal life?

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9. What sort of impact do you feel the disability has on your career and work life?

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Please feel free to add any additional information that you feel may be appropriate and useful to this study

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Thank you for taking the time to contribute to this study.