Parenting while disabled

Through the Looking Glass, in Berkeley, says its mission is to provide respectful services, guided by disability experience, for families that have children, parents, or grandparents with a disability or a medical issue. The home page describes adaptive baby care equipment for parents with disabilities. It also names Early Head Start for children, including children with disabilities and children whose parents have disabilities.

The address on that page is 3075 Adeline St., Suite 120, Berkeley, CA 94703. The phone is (510) 848-1112. Read their adaptive baby care pages before you buy equipment. We did not open a government list of baby-gear brands, so this page does not name any.

The National Research Center for Parents with Disabilities, at Brandeis University, says it conducts research and provides training and technical assistance for parents with disabilities and their families. Its site includes material on parental rights. Read that material. It is not a ruling in your case.

Disability Rights California answers questions at 1-800-743-8525. Disability Rights Texas is the Client Assistance Program named on the Texas vocational rehabilitation page, at 800-252-9108, for vocational rehabilitation concerns. Ask each office whether a parenting or custody question is something they handle. Do not assume either line is a family-law hotline.

We did not open a government list of children's books about disability, so this page does not recommend titles. A children's librarian can help you choose. For a child who has a disability, the school's Section 504 or special education office is a separate path. That path is on the school guide.