This study was conducted to analyze the fathers’ participation experiences in parents movement for the people with disabilities. For this purpose, data were collected on life history through in-depth interviews with six fathers who have participated in parents movement for people with disabilities and conducted qualitative analysis about them. As a result of the analysis, three topics were derived: living as a father of the child with disability, being a parent activist for the people with disabilities, meanings of life as a father activist. Moreover data were converged on each sub topics: being a father of the child with disability, participating in parenting, starting an activity, from a father to an activist, difficulties and solutions as an activist, healing and recovery of personal life, experience of life transformation and growth as an activist.
Based on the results of this study, we discussed fathers’ participation experiences in parents movement for people with disabilities as processes of dynamic growth, awakening role as active parent, acquisition of new social role, growth as a parent activist and expansion of practice.