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. 1997 Dec;36(4):431-5.
doi: 10.1111/j.1545-5300.1997.00431.x.

Forbidden suffering: the Pollyanna syndrome of the disabled and their families

B Saetersdal  1
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Forbidden suffering: the Pollyanna syndrome of the disabled and their families

B Saetersdal. Fam Process. 1997 Dec.

Abstract

Has suffering become an ugly word in the normalization debate? Are the disabled and their families forced into a Pollyanna 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.

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