This article utilises the south Wales coalfield in the interwar period as a case study to illustrate the applicability of two sociological theories – family systems theory and the social ecology of the family – to impairment in the past. It demonstrates that a theoretically-informed approach can help to situate impairment in its particular contexts, most especially the family and the community, and give a better sense of the lived experience of disability. It also demonstrates the complexity of the experience of disability as the family and economic circumstances of each impaired individual varied and led to different forms of care-giving or the utilisation of different sources of support. The article also sheds further light on the ubiquity of disability as many families included a number of individuals with different impairments and this too had consequences for experiences and coping strategies.

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南威尔士煤田协会的残疾与家庭，c.1920–1939

本文以两次世界大战期间的南威尔士煤田为例，说明两种社会学理论——家庭系统理论和家庭社会生态学——对过去损害的适用性。它表明，有理论依据的方法有助于将损伤置于其特定环境中，尤其是在家庭和社区中，并更好地了解残疾的生活体验。它还展示了残疾经历的复杂性，因为每个受损个体的家庭和经济情况各不相同，并导致不同形式的护理或使用不同的支持来源。