Children's perceptions of their disabled siblings: She's different but it's normal for us
Stalker, K. and Connors, C. (2004) Children's perceptions of their disabled siblings: She's different but it's normal for us. Children and Society, 18 (3). pp. 218-230. ISSN 0951-0605 (https://doi.org/10.1002/CHI.794)
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This paper reports on a two-year study exploring children's understandings of disability. It focuses on findings from interviews conducted with 24 children, aged 6 to 19, who had disabled siblings, exploring their perceptions of impairment, disability and difference. Most were very aware of their sibling's impairment but the majority did not see that as making their siblings different. Where difference was perceived, this was sometimes attributed to their siblings' experience of disability - unequal treatment and the hostile attitudes of others. Most children saw their disabled sibling as holding various identities and their shared biographies, as members of the same family, may have taken precedence over any perceived differences.
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Item type: Article ID code: 3934 Dates: DateEvent2004PublishedSubjects: Education > Special aspects of education
Medicine > Pediatrics > Child Health. Child health servicesDepartment: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work and Social Policy > Social Work Depositing user: Strathprints Administrator Date deposited: 21 Aug 2007 Last modified: 03 Oct 2024 07:21 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/3934