Self-Advocates Have the Last Say on Friendship

Autor/inn/en	McVilly, Keith R.; Stancliffe, Roger J.; Parmenter, Trevor R.; Burton-Smith, Rosanne M.
Titel	Self-Advocates Have the Last Say on Friendship
Quelle	In: Disability & Society, 21 (2006) 7, S.693-708 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7599
Schlagwörter	Expertise; Mental Retardation; Friendship; Adults; Identification (Psychology); Participative Decision Making; Barriers; Individual Characteristics; Self Advocacy + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Expert appraisal; Geistige Behinderung; Freundschaft; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Selbstbehauptung
Abstract	This study reports the friendship experiences and aspirations of adults with intellectual disabilities. The findings of a larger study were reviewed by an expert group of self-advocates with intellectual disability. The expert group confirmed some of the interpretation of the original data and expanded on issues. Friendship is established as an issue of concern among adults with intellectual disability. Consequently, policy-makers and service providers need to be intentional about providing support for friendships. Participants asserted a positive self-identity of being a person with intellectual disability and how this could be a basis for friendship. Also, people with intellectual disability demonstrated how they should be considered experts in their own life experience and how they can be effectively included in the formulation, implementation, analysis and review of research. (Contains 1 table and 1 figure.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10