Rosenbaum Peter L
McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada.
Child Care Health Dev. 2023 May;49(3):529-533. doi: 10.1111/cch.13067. Epub 2022 Oct 12.
The field of childhood disability has undergone a sea-change in the past two decades. Remarkably, 70 years ago, the ideas now taking root were expressed with poignant clarity by Ireland's Christy Brown, providing lessons that were there to be learned, illustrating why 'My Left Foot' remains a singular contribution to the literature about child development and disability.
The World Health Organization's 2001 reconsideration of 'disability' (the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health or ICF) has spawned considerable uptake and adaptation of contemporary concepts, notably with the 'F-Words for Childhood Disability' (now the 'F-words for Child Development'). Published in 1954, Christy Brown's ground-breaking poetic autobiography 'My Left Foot' resonates today with messages that bring the ICF to life vividly and memorably.
The author, a developmental paediatrician, has refracted the themes of 'My Left Foot' through an ICF lens to illustrate that concepts now considered modern have long been in plain sight, but sadly ignored. Christy Brown's first-person narrative animates ideas and messages for all who work in the field of childhood disability.
This essay is a personal reflection that draws together both contemporary 21st century concepts and ideas from the time that Christy Brown was a young author reporting his perspectives and perceptions on living with 'disability'.
The lessons Christy Brown generously shared 70 years ago should be heeded today. In the context of modern thinking and action regarding 'childhood disability', we need an approach to all we do that sees and respects children with 'disabilities' as whole people, that situates them in the context of family and community, that identifies and promotes their strengths and aspirations within both the health professional community and the community at large and enables them to 'become' and to 'belong'.
在过去二十年里，儿童残疾领域发生了翻天覆地的变化。值得注意的是，70年前，爱尔兰的克里斯蒂·布朗就深刻而清晰地表达了如今正在生根发芽的观点，提供了值得汲取的经验教训，也说明了《我的左脚》为何仍是儿童发展与残疾相关文献中的独特贡献。
世界卫生组织2001年对“残疾”的重新审视（《国际功能、残疾和健康分类》即ICF）引发了当代概念的大量应用和调整，尤其是“儿童残疾的F字头词汇”（现称“儿童发展的F字头词汇”）。克里斯蒂·布朗1954年出版的开创性诗意自传《我的左脚》，如今所传达的信息能让ICF生动且令人难忘地鲜活起来。
作者是一名发育儿科医生，通过ICF视角对《我的左脚》的主题进行了剖析，以说明如今被视为现代的概念早已清晰可见，但可悲的是却被忽视了。克里斯蒂·布朗的第一人称叙述为所有从事儿童残疾领域工作的人赋予了观点和信息以活力。
本文是一篇个人反思，融合了21世纪的当代概念以及克里斯蒂·布朗还是一名年轻作者时所报告的关于他对“残疾”生活的观点和看法。
克里斯蒂·布朗70年前慷慨分享的经验教训如今应被重视。在关于“儿童残疾”的现代思维和行动背景下，我们在所有工作中都需要一种方法，将有“残疾”的儿童视为完整的个体，看到并尊重他们，将他们置于家庭和社区背景中，在健康专业群体和整个社区中识别并促进他们的优势和抱负，使他们能够“成长”并“融入”。
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