Forbidden Suffering: The Pollyanna Syndrome of the Disabled and Their Families
- 1 December 1997
- journal article
- editorial
- Published by Wiley in Family Process
- Vol. 36 (4) , 431-435
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1545-5300.1997.00431.x
Abstract
Has suffering become an ugly word in the normalization debate? Are the disabled and their families forced into a Pollyanna1 culture in order to be acknowledged and accepted in good company as the worthy disabled? This essay poses a controversial question: I would like to start a debate and ask whether normalization also has an unseen, ideological downside.Keywords
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