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Parenting A Child With A Developmental Disability: An Autoethnographic Approach To Sensemaking, Danielle Sparrow
Parenting A Child With A Developmental Disability: An Autoethnographic Approach To Sensemaking, Danielle Sparrow
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Each year, approximately one in six children are diagnosed with a developmental disability (DD) in the United States according to the CDC (Developmental Disabilities, 2015). In 2015, my daughter fell severely ill with encephalitis and became part of this statistic. Parenting a child with a DD can be an extremely isolating (Naseef, 2001) and even scary experience. However, storytelling helps individuals process experiences, connect with others, and shed light on their perspectives. Parents can become informed through these shared experiences, build supportive communities, develop resilience, and transform their perspectives. Using the qualitative research method of autoethnography, I approached my work …