Table 6 Themes generated by the participants
Physical environment | None |
|---|---|
Attitudes and support | Listen to children’s views whenever possible |
Increased involvement of father in child’s matters | |
Social environment | Tailored support for fathers of children with disability |
Medical services cooperation (specialists and general practitioners) | |
Available specialists in the neighborhood | |
Economic assistance for family of disabled children | |
Adaptation of the caregiver’s workplace environment (more flexible working hours, care leave to look after the child) | |
Teachers’ consultation services (with retired teachers specialized in matters related to children with disability) | |
Volunteer helpers (to promote parent and child participation in public events) | |
Accurate information about disability | |
 To the general public | |
 To health professionals | |
 To teachers | |
Information about medical problems specific to children with disability for teachers (emergency manuals) | |
Partnership between government, private sector, and volunteer groups | |
Others | Participation |
 Increased opportunities to interact with outside world (i.e., peers with and without disability, general public, etc.) | |
 Promotion and accessibility of leisure locations | |
Family composition | |
 Large families are more supportive | |
Family’s mental health/QOL | |
 (parents and siblings) |