Föräldraskap, utvecklingsstörning och vuxenblivande

This article discusses voluntary childlessness in Sweden, with focus on childfree women and men withintellectual disabilities (IDs). The article is based on interviews with 19 childfree individuals, four ofwhom had IDs. It focuses on motives for childfreeness. These motives are mainly consequences oftheir ascribed position as intellectually disabled and of the segregation in society between able anddisabled individuals. The article also includes a discussion about how to achieve the “adult status”.The interviewees discussed alternative ways of expressing adult status. Many individuals see parent-hood as a way into the adult world; however, achieving adult status through parenthood is an under-discussed theme in the stories of the interviewees with IDs, who instead focused on other issues