title: "Make it just as normal as possible with humor".
abstract: Perspectives on humor of families who have a member with a disability were examined using a qualitative methodology. Findings offer complex and challenging lessons for those who work with and for families of children with disabilities. I compared the traditional view that families of children with disabilities go through a constant process of grieving and sadness with newly emerging views of accepting relationships and making life as typical as possible with the help of humor.
authors.affiliation: Utica College, 1600 Burrstone Rd., Utica, NY 13502-4892, USA. arieger@utica.edu
authors.forename: Alicja
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rieger
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003710:Demography; D019988:Children with Disabilities; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D005195:Family Relations; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008016:Life Change Events; D008297:Male; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014925:Wit and Humor as Topic