Exploring How the Diagnostic Process Stratifies Children with Intellectual Disability Navigating the Service System in Ontario, Canada

Autor/inn/en	Don, Anna; O'Byrne, Patrick
Titel	Exploring How the Diagnostic Process Stratifies Children with Intellectual Disability Navigating the Service System in Ontario, Canada
Quelle	In: Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 26 (2022) 1, S.50-69 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Don, Anna)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1744-6295
DOI	10.1177/1744629520954765
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; Incidence; Child Health; Behavior Problems; Access to Health Care; Knowledge Level; Caregivers; Professional Personnel; Classification; Eligibility; Services; Clinical Diagnosis; Individual Characteristics; Health Personnel; Foreign Countries; Children; Early Adolescents; Parents; Definitions; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Canada + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Vorkommen; Wissensbasis; Caregiver; Carer; Betreuungsperson; Pfleger; Personalbestand; Classification system; Klassifikation; Klassifikationssystem; Eignung; Dienstleistung; Personality characteristic; Personality traits; Persönlichkeitsmerkmal; Medizinisches Personal; Ausland; Child; Kind; Kinder; Eltern; Begriffsbestimmung; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Kanada
Abstract	Children with intellectual disability experience a higher prevalence of dental disease, obesity, challenging behaviours, and mental health disorders compared to children without intellectual disability. Children with intellectual disability concurrently face health and social service navigational barriers that are associated with unresolved health needs and hospital admissions, and parent burnout and employment interruptions. In this study, we explored the knowledge gap of how carers and governmental agencies, providing services, understand intellectual disability using discourse analysis, and a theoretical framework applying Deleuze and Guattari's concepts of the rhizome and stratification. We found that children with intellectual disability were stratified into eligible or ineligible service recipients through the diagnostic process that prioritized specified characteristics. Carers did not perceive that their children's unique characteristics and needs were accounted for within the diagnostic process and expressed feelings of being dismissed by clinicians and providers in decision-making about priority needs and services. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01