Territorial isolation and physical deformity: Israeli parents' reaction to disabled children

Meira Weiss*

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Abstract

This paper presents and analyses three case studies portraying the attitudes and reactions of Israeli parents towards their deformed children. The research method employed was participant observation in homes, combined with in-depth interviews. It was found that parents tended to isolate their handicapped children from family territories in those contexts in which the child was defined as a 'non-person'. This pattern was not affected by the parents' socioeconomic status, or by their ethnic and religious background.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)259-272
Number of pages14
JournalDisability and Society
Volume12
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 1997

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