Parents with Intellectual Disabilities
Mar 01, 2011 · Contrary to what many people think, people with intellectual dis-abilities can be good parents. Field and Sanchez (1999) suggest that the ability of a parent to provide adequate child care cannot be pre-dicted on the basis of intelligence alone. As with parents without disabilities, the ability to parent successfully depends on a wide
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