Claiming normal: Disability, stigma, and relationality in Amman.
Drawing on the experiences of mothers raising children with Down syndrome in Amman, Jordan, this article approaches disability stigma as a phenomenon that attached to meaningful relations of kinship and community. These same relations, however, enabled mothers, children, spouses, relatives, and othe...
| Publicado en: | Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 39; no. 4; pp. 1 - 15 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2025
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