Sunday, April 11, 2021

210417 The experiences of Asian immigrant parents of children with disability in the US

Title:
Is it “their country” or our home? The experiences of Asian immigrant parents of children with disability in the US

Speaker:
黃意婷 (I-Ting Hwang), PhD, 臺大公共衛生學院健康行為與社區科學研究所 (Taiwan)

Time:
04/17 (Sat.) 7 pm PDT, 8 pm MDT, 9 pm CDT, 10 pm EDT
04/18 (Sun.) 4 am CEST, 10 am Taiwan
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Keywords:
rehabilitation sciences, occupational therapy, parenting, disability, cross-cultural experiences, qualitative study


Abstract:
By 2055, Asian are projected to become the largest immigrant group in the US. However, studies showed that Asian immigrant parents face additional barriers when they access and utilize health and education services for their children with developmental disabilities (DD), compared to non-immigrant parents. This talk will focus on findings of two interrelated studies: 1) a meta-synthesis study focusing on Asian immigrant parents’ role enactment while supporting their children with DD in the US, and 2) a narrative study of five Chinese-speaking immigrant parents’ experiences of supporting their young adult child with DD transition from high school to adulthood.

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