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Nondisabled Child Research Paper

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It goes without saying that families are profoundly affected when they have to deal with a disability within the family. There are many factors that come into play when a family member has a disability. No one could properly prepare to have a child with a disability. For instance, as mentioned in the book, some parents discuss how they would handle it if their child was born with a disability yet when it actually became a reality it was nothing they could have prepared for. Families that have a child with a disability are affected financially, physically, and emotionally.

As if the financial responsibility of a nondisabled child wasn’t enough, being financially responsible for a disabled child could put a family into a serious financial crisis. …show more content…

Their lives become turned upside down and every milestone and hope they had for that child is suddenly all in question. No one pictures themselves having a disabled child. Many parents in Far from the Tree talked about how they changed emotionally once they accepted that they had a child with a disability. Some parents had severe depression even to the point of wishing their own child would die. They struggled with the love-hate relationship they had with their child and coming to the realization that their child may never reciprocate the love given to them. It is an emotional roller coaster. Some days a parent may feel as if they wished the child never existed, other days they may feel immense guilt for ever having that thought. The emotional impact of a having a child with a disability never ends. You can make financial accommodations and sacrifices, you can find solutions for physical difficulties but, the emotional aspect is always evolving and changing.

Having a child with disabilities affects families in ways that people without disability in their life will never be able to fully understand. This reflection only touched based on three large aspects but disability affects families in many other ways. It is truly amazing how families change and become so strong at a time when everything around them seems to be

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