Seeing the light versus being in the dark: parent, child, and service providers’ use of metaphors to express system complexity, therapy engagement, and personal experiences of adaptation

PURPOSE: To describe parent, child, and service providers' use of metaphors to communicate the meaning of participation in life and therapy engagement in the field of childhood disability. METHODS: Metaphors concerning participation and engagement were extracted from 59 qualitative articles recommended by a group of experts in pediatric rehabilitation. A systematic process of metaphor analysis was used, involving identification of source and …