Changes in Understandings and Perceptions of Individuals, Significant Others and Community Supporters Involved in a Theatre Company for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Dickinson, Danielle; Hutchinson, Nick
Titel	Changes in Understandings and Perceptions of Individuals, Significant Others and Community Supporters Involved in a Theatre Company for Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Quelle	In: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32 (2019) 3, S.691-705 (15 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Dickinson, Danielle)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1360-2322
DOI	10.1111/jar.12564
Schlagwörter	Theater Arts; Intellectual Disability; Self Concept; Individual Development; Focus Groups; Social Networks; Organizations (Groups); Attitude Change + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Theaterwissenschaft; Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Selbstkonzept; Individuelle Entwicklung; Social network; Soziales Netzwerk; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung
Abstract	Background: Theatre companies to show positive capabilities and identities of people with intellectual disabilities have been established. Existing research focuses upon sole theatre performances and rarely includes the impacts on those in the immediate and wider contexts of people with intellectual disabilities. Methods: The impacts of a theatre company on understandings and perceptions of intellectual disabilities from multiple perspectives were explored. Interviews with members with intellectual disabilities (n = 14), and focus groups with significant people in their lives (n = 11) and community supporters (n = 10) were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis. Results: Four superordinate and nine subordinate themes were identified. The theatre company increased members' connectivity, allowed them to experience parts of life they are often excluded from, and enabled growth for all participants, leading to a desire to extend the theatre company's ethos elsewhere. Conclusions: The importance of such organisations to improve perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities is emphasized. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01