Special Needs for Parents

If you are a physically disabled person, or a person with other special needs e.g. deaf or visually impaired or have other communication difficulties. It is wise to find out if the hospital that you choose can meet all your needs satisfactorily.

Many hospitals can provide interpreters for patients that can’t speak English, and they attend with the patient. All this should  be clarified at initial appointments.
 

Sometimes for various reasons some that can be explained and some that at present hold no answer, the birth experience that you were planning and expecting just doesn’t happen. Should your child be born with a disability or have problems in its first few hours or days, do take heart that you are not the only Parents in this situation or the only Parents to have ever been in this situation. Many parents have formed support groups to help each other and talk over similarities with their children and how they have coped with specific problems.

Obstetricians and Paediatricians can provide a lot of answers to your questions and you should feel able to broach them with any of your queries , most if not all, are quite willing to talk with parents at arranged times.

Many Hospitals offer special support to parents in the case of a stillbirth or miscarriage, this varies  slightly from hospital to hospital.

If you are at home for the first time with a new baby or in a new house or new country, then there are some things you can do to help you meet other people in similar situations. It does mean that you have to initiate the first move, and its not as difficult as you may think.

• Education Classes night / day classes
• Knock on your neighbours door
• Meet up with old friends
• Mums and Toddler Groups
• Parent and Baby swimming classes

www.disabledparents.net

This site is worth looking at ,if you as a parent are disabled.