Other Parents on Gender and Disability

Other parents on gender and disability relating to girls with disabilities are given below.

One parent on gender and disabilty said that“I try not to think about Sarah having an apartment, being independent”

Other comments are given below:

“My daughter is real slow, you know, and she wants to get a job. I know I should encourage her, but I can’t sleep nights worrying about what might happen. Someone could easily take advantage of her. What if she were attacked, or worst–raped? There is so much bad out there. I pray that I will have the courage to do what is best for her”

“From the things I have read and the people with disabilities I’ve talked to, the one thing that stands out is that their parents or teachers expected them to succeed and did not treat them as if they had a disability. I try to do this to my daughter”

“The idea of Marsha riding the bus scares me to death. She’s so small, what if she gets hurt”.

“Look I know what I should do, but the bottom line is that this is my daughter. I don’t think I can take the pain of always worrying about her. People are not always kind: She’s my responsibility, and I do not take that lightly. I love her too much to ever have her hurt”.

“My daughter is deaf. I do not want her riding the METRO alone. What if she needed help? People would not understand her. They might not even understand that her cry for help was a cry for help” After reading other parents' coments return to Gender and Disability