title: ["You will not believe us, but we have many" defective births, children, mothers and tales].
abstract: The author traces a 'psicoanalitical' history of disability, reconsidering Greek mythology as the necessary background to comprehend the psycological situation of the mothers of handicapped children: Ephestus as a prototype to reflect on disability, invalidity and childhood handicap.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Neurologiche, Psichiatriche e Riabilitative dell'Età Evolutiva, Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", Roma, I. alessandro.petrilli@uniroma1.it
authors.forename: Alessandro
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Petrilli
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D019988:Children with Disabilities / Q000266:history*; D005260:Female; D018645:Greek World / Q000266:history*; D049690:History, Ancient; D006801:Humans; D009035:Mothers / Q000523:psychology*; D009229:Mythology; D011584:Psychology / Q000266:history