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As a parent with a disability, a prospective parent with a disability or parent of a child with a disability, you are bound to have many questions. We have provided some useful websites and organizations that can answer a variety of questions. The Baby Center can answer questions regarding feeding, sleeping, etc., during preconception through the toddlers years while Dr. Sandra Welner M.D. from the Sexual Health Network is an Ob/Gyn specializing in individuals with disabilities. All of these website should be very useful in answering your questions, and if you need more information they all provide contact numbers.
The Baby
Center
The Baby Center website provides general information for everyone
regarding topics such as preconception, pregnancy, babies, and toddlers.
Under each topic they provide extensive information regarding feeding,
sleeping, fitness development, and more.
http://www.babycenter.com
The Sexual
Health Network: Dr. Sandra Welner M.D.
The Sexual Health Network provides this website in which women with
disabilities ask various questions regarding sex, pregnancy, parenting,
and more. Dr. Sandra Welner M.D., also a member of the disabled
community, answers the questions. She is an ob-gyn specialist in
women's health and disability and is currently a clinical assistant
professor in the department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Georgetown
University Medical Center in Washington, DC. This website provides
more information as well as the questions and answers of others.
http://www.sexualhealth.com
http://www.sexualhealth.com/channel/view/disability-illness/
Through
the Looking Glass
Through the Looking Glass is a non-profit community organization
that provides information to parents with disabilities. They are
a National Resource Center for Parents With Disabilities. Their
mission is to empower and disseminate disability-appropriate information
to parents and potential parents with disabilities. This website
provides a product catalog of their adaptive parenting equipment
including a description of the product and how to order it. In addition,
there is information about contacting the organization if you have
any questions or comments.
http://www.lookingglass.org
