Keisha was born with several physical abnormalities. Her disability diagnosis represents a long-term, probably permanent change in her family's trajectory. It includes a number of unknown elements and will require that the family to adapt to the incongruence between the psychological (expected) and physical (present) family. This is an example of ______.

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This scenario is an example of ambiguous loss, which refers to a situation where there is a physical presence but psychological absence, or vice versa, leading to a state of unclear loss. In this case, the family must adapt to the incongruence between their expected family life and the reality of living with a disability, which fits the concept of ambiguous loss.

Keisha Was Born with Several Physical Abnormalities