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The misrecognition of disabled individuals and disabled families greatly impacts barriers to inclusion (Wilde and Hoskison-Clark, 2014, p. 57). The perpetuated false assumption of disabled families as a problem, incompetent, or dependent reflects the individual model of disability. The view of disability as a personal or family problem rather than a matter of social responsibility contributes to disability and works against social measures to increase ability (Wendell, p. 52, 1996).
In giving disabled families a voice it provides the opportunity to challenge common misattributed labels. The collective family experiences reflect the notion of interdependency and provide benefits for the disabled individual and their families. The notion of interdependency challenges these labels in providing both the individual and those around them the proper knowledge and resources to combat the negative effects of labels and