ABSTRACT

This article analyses how economic support and social benefits for thalidomide-affected children were negotiated and organized by both public and private actors in 1960s Sweden. Accounts from various archives are used to analyse how two different but coexisting understandings of disability – as a medical and a social problem – both influenced and underpinned not only the rehabilitation of The Swedish programme arranged for the affected children, but also the associated economic support. Contributing to a more nuanced understanding of the formation welfare solutions in the 1960s and to the intersecting research fields of the history of medicine and disability history, this article also advances our knowledge of the concept of ‘normalization’ and fosters insights into how the Swedish thalidomide scandal contributed to increased economic support for both the thalidomide affected and other groups of disabled children.

摘要

本文分析了 20 世纪 60 年代瑞典公共和私人行为者如何为受沙利度胺影响的儿童协商和组织经济支持和社会福利。来自各种档案的记录被用来分析对残疾的两种不同但共存的理解——作为医学和一个社会问题——不仅影响和支撑了瑞典为受影响儿童安排的康复计划，而且还影响和支撑了相关的经济支持。本文有助于更细致地了解 20 世纪 60 年代形成的福利解决方案以及医学史和残疾史的交叉研究领域，还增进了我们对“正常化”概念的了解，并加深了对瑞典沙利度胺如何使用的见解。丑闻增加了对受沙利度胺影响的儿童和其他残疾儿童群体的经济支持。