The question:
Would I have chosen to have a disabled child? - can only be answered on the
individual level.
The question:
Why does society present me with the choice of not having a disabled child?
- can be answered on the political/societal level.
As long as the second question isn't answered, the first is meaningless. If,
we make policy out of analyses of the first without using the answer to the
second in that analysis, we will only reinforce the present ideology in our
society. It's a self-fulfilling prophesy.
Society is more than the sum of its individuals (well maybe not if you're a
utilitarian). And policy/politics is always about that sum, or groups within
that, never about the purely individual. What use would research on the
first question be - the result is only consistent if society is viewed as
constant and static. Is that valid research? If so, what is the meaning of
research?
Or?
Susanne
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