acceptance and experience of the deficiency is not manifest in the same way in all families. To understand this we must take into account factors such as life cycle family in which there is a new being disabled, the degree of understanding or rejection that can produce the news, the family's beliefs, the level of knowledge of the disability itself or previous contact with people with different abilities. This makes disability have a signicant impact on family life in areas such as:
- The feeling of loneliness and disorientation after the initial shock that can cause further difficulties to gain acceptance.
- Appearance of stress that may persist in chronic form when the disabled person becomes the central axis, limiting the satisfaction of needs for care of other family members.
- Ignorance of how to act in the education and development of people with disabilities in the absence of advice and information.
- Lack of confidence in the possibilities of the disabled person or the other extreme, the occurrence of harmful attitudes and overprotective.
- dysfunctional families that can become abandoned, divorce or separation of the couple, and neglect of other children.
- Lock it impossible to enjoy family and family situations. Parents who become martyrs and refuse to arrange respite time.
If you identify with any of these situations, make haste to change: Find or seek guidance profesional. Evita la desesperación pero actúa. No te quedes con los brazos cruzados. Tu hijo merece tu atención y tu familia también, pero principalmente quien tiene que cambiar eres tú.
