Fathers of children with intellectual disability need support, conference told

Fathers of children with an intellectual disability are very keen to be involved in their children’s lives, a major nursing conference in Dublin heard.

Dr Lynne Marsh from the School of Nursing at University College Cork looked at Irish men’s experience of having a child with an intellectual disability.

She interviewed 10 men aged between 31 and 48 years — the youngest child was just 13 months, and the oldest was five years.