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How user-friendly is your setting for disabled parents? Jackie Cosh offers ways to ensure that good access to services is provided The recently published Joseph Rowntree Foundation report Supporting disabled adults in their parenting role brought together two years of research into the barriers that face disabled parents. The Task Force, which heard evidence from parents, professionals and researchers, found a system where disabled parents may be misunderstood, be ignored in decisions about policies and services and sometimes feel too afraid to approach anyone for help.