When a mother has a child with a chronic impairment, the occupational demands of mothering extend to address the specialized needs of that child. This research explores how the type of hidden impairment in a child influences family routines and occupations. This qualitative study consisted of interviews with 22 mothers of children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), a behavior...

Abstract Australian Universities consistently rank highly on lists that celebrate the most gender equal higher education institutions in world. Despite participation institutional frameworks for equity accreditation, what often lies beneath outward display of equality is a lived experience inequality. Whilst there relative amongst academics employed at universities overall, men continue to domi...

The COVID-19 pandemic occurred at a time when families of prisoners were gaining visibility in both academia and policy. Research exploring the experiences prison residents has tended to focus on intimate partners children, despite parents those being more likely than or children maintain contact. small body work focusing identified their continued care for highlights burden providing this care...

As the rates of incarceration continue to rise, women are increasingly subject to draconian criminal justice and child welfare policies that frequently result in the loss of their parental rights. The intersection of an increasingly carceral state and federally imposed timelines for achieving permanency for children in state care has had a negative effect on women, their children, and their com...