Abstract Qualitative descriptive study with the purpose of describing the reactions that mothers experience upon being told that a disability has been diagnosed in their newborn. Data were collected by applying semistructured interviews to seven mothers whose children have disabilities and are provided care at Associação Pestalozzi in Campo Grande, MS, Brazil. The discourses of the mothers were organized into theme units and categorized according to Bardin. The impact of the diagnosis of disability of one’s child is painful and […]