WHAT
ABOUT THE CHILD?
A.
Golomb
Adults (parents and
therapists alike) react to a child’s disability with an
urge to “fix” him,
to create an “able” child. When there are multiple
defects each
therapist invests in correcting the defect in his/her field of
expertise. But what
about the child? Massive investment with the best
of intentions can
make us forget that the child has normal
developmental and
emotional needs and parents who have the right
to enjoy their
child for who he is, irrelevant of his disabilities. This
discussion aims at
emphasizing the child’s need to develop a sense of
identity that is
not founded on his disability, and the ways to achieve
this.
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