Published: 2021-03-06

The Disabled Child and the Functioning of the Family

Dominika Łukasik
Gdańsk Studies
Section: Artykuły
https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2020-037

Abstract

The aim of this article is to show the changes in the functioning of the family due to the appearance of a disabled child. Every parenthood related to a child's illness is connected with a sudden change in the family situation. The moment of the appearance of a disabled child is a moment that may have a positive impact on the stability of the family structure, strengthen its ties or, on the contrary, become the beginning of disorganization leading even to the breakdown of the family. The child’s disability significantly affects the quality of the relation between spouses, confronts them with more difficult tasks and responsibilities, and the need for cooperation and mutual support. The presence of a disabled child in the family also changing conditions for the development of his healthy siblings.

Keywords:

family, child, disability, siblings, social environment

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Łukasik, D. (2021). The Disabled Child and the Functioning of the Family. Gdańsk Studies, 47, 271–283. https://doi.org/10.26142/stgd-2020-037

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