Lightfoot and Lotrea [Abstract]

Theoretical and practical difficulties in researching disabled parenting in Romania
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Elizabeth Lightfoot [1]
Cristiana Lotrea [2]

Abstract: This article explores the difficulties in navigating the multidisciplinary literature on disabled parents in the Romanian context with the purpose of setting a framework for investigating this topic in Romania. The article highlights the paucity of existing data on parents with disabilities and their families in Romania and suggest steps forward for researching and theorizing parental disability from a sociological perspective in Romania.

Keywords:  Disability, disabled parents, difficulties, Romania

[1] University of Minnesota, United States of America, elightfo@umn.edu
[2] University of Bucharest, Romania, cristiana.lotrea@yahoo.com