Personas con discapacidad visual dentro del núcleo familiar

Abstract

This study, called "Visually Impaired within the family" arose from the need to fill a research void in the city of Cuenca in relation to studies on visual impairment and its relationship to the family. In this sense, the present work was proposed as main objective to identify the positive and negative impact produced in the family in the presence of a member with visual impairment in order to have a better quality of life for both the person with disabilities and their family. For which the applied methodology consisted of an exploratory study, based on a literature and theoretical research. The main conclusion to this study it is found that the impact on the family is the birth of a child with problems causes feelings of parental rejection to the information problem. The reactions that occur in families are: denial, anger, fear, guilt, confusion, disappointment and rejection.