As the number of people with disabilities in North America goes up, families that include someone with a disability also increase. These families come in all shapes and sizes, and may include parents, grandparents, sons, daughters or siblings with disabilities. What most of them have in common is that they love and cherish their family members, with and without a disability.

• Lisa Bendall, former managing editor of Abilities, has just published her second book. "Raising a Kid with Special Needs: The Complete Canadian Guide" (Key Porter Books) is a complete, comprehensive and friendly new guide for parents raising a child with disabilities. In clear language, Lisa presents a step-by-step guide to getting past the "special needs" and on to the business of living. For more info, visit amazon.ca, or check out Lisa's new website .
• Are you a parent with a disability? Did you know that CILT is home to the Parenting with a Disability Network (PDN), a peer support and information-sharing network for parents (and prospective parents) with a disability? The aim of PDN is to help families develop unique solutions to parenting challenges. PDN publishes the quarterly Parenting with a Disability Bulletin, which is included with the free PDN membership. For more information contact CILT.
• The Centre for Independent Living in Toronto (CILT) has published Nurturing Assistance: A Guide to Providing Physical Assistance for Parents with Disabilities. The Guide shows how to facilitate the parent role and enhance the parent-child bond. It includes practical tools on various aspects of the delivery of nurturing assistance, and gives advice on working relationships. This book also includes stories and advice from current users and providers of nurturing assistance. For more information see the article entitled Nurturing Assistance: Physical Support for Parents with Disabilities. To order a copy of the Nurturing Assistance Guide please contact CILT at 205 Richmond St. W., Suite 605, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, M5V 1V3; Ph: (416) 599-2458; TTY: (416) 599-5077; Fax: (416) 599-3555; E-mail: [email protected]; Website: www.cilt.ca.

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