Pregnant with a disability in plain language

Many couples want to have a child.
This also applies to parents with learning difficulties.
And for parents with intellectual disabilities.
These parents get help.
This help is called: Accompanied parenthood.
So parents can be strong.
And the child is doing well.

Assisted parenthood begins even before the birth.

For example, specialists help:

• when you are pregnant
• when your child is born
• when your child grows up
• when caring for your child
• when visiting the doctor
• when making appointments with the authorities
• when dealing with money
• . appointments with the authorities
• when dealing with money
• when planning everyday life
• when playing with your child
• when you have questions
• when you need help

The help is usually at your home.
There is also help in a special residential facility.
The parents and the child live there together.
This special residential facility is called a
mother-father-child facility.
They all receive help with everyday life with the child.

For example:

• the youth welfare office
• the landscape association

You must submit an application.
Specialist people or friends can help with this.

People with disabilities receive advice.

The advice helps:

• to find the right help.
• to fill out an application.

Counseling costs no money.

You can get advice:

• At the youth welfare office in your place of residence
• At a pregnancy advice center
• At the Landschafts-Verband Lippe or Landschafts-Verband Rheinland
• At the EUTB
  This is the short form for:
  Supplementary independent participation advice.
  You can find an EUTB office near you here:
  www.teilhabeberatung.de/de-ls
  (This is the website in plain language)
• There is also a booklet in plain language.
  The booklet is called: Parents with disabilities.
  The booklet contains a lot of important information.
  For example:
  - What rights do parents with disabilities have?
  - What obligations do parents have?
  - What help can parents get?
  - Where can I get help?

You can read the booklet online:
http://www.begleitete-elternschaft-nrw.de/pdf/KSLkonkret_Eltern mit Behinderung_leichte Sprache.pdf

Assisted parenting should get better.
Sometimes there is too little help.
Or the help is far away.
Or the parents are not satisfied with the help.
That's why the model project exists.
The project has made new rules.
These rules show:
This is how accompanied parenting works well.

There are 12 rules.
You can find the rules on this website:
https://begleitete-elternschaft-nrw.de/leitlinien/
(The website is in difficult language)