Dualistic Notions About Children With Motor Disabilities

Hands to Lean on or to Reach Out

Bibliographic Data

ID5454633
AuthorsKarel J Mulderij (Department of General and Special Education, at Utrecht University in Utrecht, the Netherlands., corresponding author)
Year2000
Volume10
Issue1
Pages39-50
Publication date2000-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueQualitative Health Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-7323 • E-ISSN: 1552-7557
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1177/104973200129118237
PMID10724751
OpenAlexW2170074062
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited9

This article is an attempt to break through the dualistic thinking in theories on the treatment of children with a motor impairment. There is the Cartesian thinking that views the body and mind as separate entities; alternatively, some existential phenomenologists have constructed a dichotomy between the (positively valued) unnoticed body and the (negatively valued) noticed body. Dualistic notions of this kind can lead therapists to treat parts of the child (arms, legs, or speech) rather than the whole child. How can the disadvantageous effects of these dichotomies be overcome in the treatment of children? First, a concrete sketch of the development of corporality in (disabled) children will be provided. Next, the dualistic notions will be discussed. Finally, there is a discussion about how children and their care providers might benefit from this phenomenological explication

Dichotomy · Epistemology · Existentialism · Explication · Psychoanalysis · Sketch · Sociology · Computer Science · Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics · Family and Disability Support Research · Marxism and Critical Theory · Philosophy · Psychology

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