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    Parenting with a Disability Network (PDN)
... a Resource and Support Network

The Parenting with a Disability Network (PDN) is a peer support and information-sharing network for parents and prospective parents with a disability. The aim of PDN is to develop consumer friendly approaches to parenting with a disability by providing opportunities for networking, peer support, information-sharing and education.

PDN offers:
  • Peer support opportunities
  • One-to-one support
  • Resources on parenting with a disability
  • Workshops and seminars
  • Research and development of new models of support for parents with a disability

To learn more, click on one of the menu items on the left hand side.

Kimberly, PDN Coordinator, is away from the office on Medical Leave until further notice. For all PDN inquiries, please contact Nancy Barry directly at peers@cilt.ca or by telephone at 416-599-2458 ext.227; TTY: 416-599-5077. 

 
PDN publications:

  • Parenting with a Disability Bulletin  (published quarterly)
  • The Parenting Book for Persons with a Disability: from planning your family to raising adolescents (1999)
  • Nurturing Assistance: A Guide to Providing Physical Assistance for Parents with Disabilities (2002)

Click here for other Online Resources for Parenting with a Disability.

New Parenting Publication

The Parenting With a Disability Network (PDN) is pleased to bring you our latest parenting publication “SCHOOL YEAR CHRONICLES: A Personal Collection of Your Child’s School Year Memories”, an exciting and innovative way of capturing your child’s special childhood school moments and achievements; while providing tips for you, as parents with disabilities, on parenting issues including how to educate your child about your disability, how to breastfeed when you are a mother with a disability and facing postpartum blues. We hope that you and your child will enjoy this collection as much as we enjoyed compiling it for you. It can be purchased through the Centre for Independent Living in Toronto, for only $20.00 a copy ($15.00 without binder). So please, tell your friends, family, peers and colleagues about the “SCHOOL YEAR CHRONICLES: A Personal Collection of Your Child’s School Year Memories”, and give them the opportunity to enjoy their children’s school year memories as well.


Spring Forward Through Empowerment disABILITY Doesn’t Have to be a Barrier to Good Parenting
 
The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto cordially invites you to attend… Spring Forward Through Empowerment disABILITY Doesn’t Have to be a Barrier to Good Parenting on May 6th 2010  from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm
 
  • Hear personal experiences from parents with
    various disabilities
  • Learn more about Nurturing Assistance
  • Observe Nurturing Assistance in action
  • Discover myths and stereotypes around
    Parenting With a Disability
  • Hear from a Doula with a disability 
     

RSVP by April 22, 2010 to Carling at 416 599 2458, x270, by TTY at 416 599 5077, email to carling.barry@cilt.ca