"The Things That Are inside of You Are Horrible": Children and Young Men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Talk about the Impact of Living with a Long-Term Condition

Autor/inn/en	Abbott, David; Carpenter, John
Titel	"The Things That Are inside of You Are Horrible": Children and Young Men with Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Talk about the Impact of Living with a Long-Term Condition
Quelle	In: Child Care in Practice, 21 (2015) 1, S.67-77 (11 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1357-5279
DOI	10.1080/13575279.2014.977226
Schlagwörter	Neurological Impairments; Males; Foreign Countries; Barriers; Disabilities; Social Influences; Aspiration; Pain; Emotional Response; Questionnaires; Check Lists; Adolescents; Young Adults; Parent Attitudes; Qualitative Research; Semi Structured Interviews; Content Analysis; Physical Health; United Kingdom (England) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Neurodegenerative Erkrankung; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Ausland; Handicap; Behinderung; Sozialer Einfluss; Streben; Schmerz; Emotionales Verhalten; Fragebogen; Checkliste; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Young adult; Junger Erwachsener; Elternverhalten; Qualitative Forschung; Inhaltsanalyse; Gesundheitszustand
Abstract	Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD) is an inherited, progressive and life-limiting neuromuscular disease that affects boys. During their lives, they experience a series of medical and surgical interventions. Research reported in this paper took place in England with 37 young men living with DMD and their families and explored their experiences of growing up, school, work, friends and family. In accordance with the social model of disability, this research was initially reluctant to dwell on the physiological aspects of living with a long-term, degenerative condition. We focused on social model concerns about the disabling barriers to the participants' participation in society, the disabling responses of professionals and barriers to achieving their aspirations. However, young people with DMD also wanted to talk about how living with the condition caused them considerable pain and discomfort. They also explained the emotional impact of medical and surgical interventions. They reported very few opportunities to discuss these matters with family members or professionals. We explore possible reasons for the absence of discussion about these issues and reflect on the consequences for both the young person and their family. We suggest that a reluctance to tackle the thorny issue of "body" and "impairment" in social science research with disabled children and young people means that important aspects of childhood disability are under-explored. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10