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Nurturing my autistic, gender-questioning child

As mother of an autistic child who questions her gender, Jude Lax describes cherishing her growing daughter as she explores her identity.

  • Photo story

’No you’re not’ – a portrait of autistic women

In this sensitive series of portraits and interviews, photographer Rosie Barnes acknowledges the voices and experiences of autistic women.

  • Article

When parenting brings a paradigm shift

There were no indications during her pregnancy that Carol Nahra’s son would have severe, life-threatening disabilities. Here she describes the stages on her journey from shock to love and beyond.

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How we bury our children

Following her baby daughter’s funeral, Wendy Pratt found that visiting the grave gave her a way to carry out physical acts of caring for her child. Here she considers how parents’ nurturing instincts live on after a child’s death.

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  • Parents' drinking weakens children's vitality : comparison of children in 50 abstaining and 59 drinking families in one village in Finland ... drink menaces vigor and lives of children.
  • The fifteen children of Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Bolster of New York, whose ages range from 2 to 21, salute their parents.
  • Inoculation against cholera: two men in suits prepare to inoculate a child, surrounded by a crowd of (Indian ?) parents and children. Photograph, 1880/1900.
  • Healthy parents with healthy children, representing benefits of the National Socialist policy on the struggle against inherited diseases. Colour lithograph after F.Th. Würbel, 1936.
  • Healthy parents with healthy children, representing benefits of the National Socialist policy on the struggle against inherited diseases. Colour lithograph after F.Th. Würbel, 1936.
  • Letter from religious leaders appealing to parents to ensure use of health facilities for their children in Kenya. Colour lithograph by Inter-Religious Council of Kenya, ca. 2000.
  • Angels drawn by children fly across red wires joined to syringes; advertising a family Christmas charity event in support of AIDS-affected children and their parents in Berlin. Colour lithograph for Kinder-AIDS-Forum e.V., 1993.
  • A blue background bearing the white lettering: "L'enfant et le SIDA: un thème de discussion pour les parents et les médecins." [Children and AIDS: a discussion topic for parents and doctors]; an advertisement by the Swiss Physicians [FMH] and Swiss Federal Office of Public Health [OFSP]. Colour lithograph.
  • Dying parents taking leave from their children on their deathbed, leaving them in the care of their uncle. Stipple engraving by J. Collyer and J. Tidd after T. Stothard, 1786.
  • An abstract of certain instructions given the Commissioners for taking care of the sick and wounded men, for the relief of widows, children and impotent parents of such as shall be slain in His Majesties service at sea.
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Parent Advocacy and Attitudes Towards Cerebral Palsy in the Mid-20th Century

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