Notions of Self: Lived Realities of Children with Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Singh, Vanessa; Ghai, Anita
Titel	Notions of Self: Lived Realities of Children with Disabilities
Quelle	In: Disability & Society, 24 (2009) 2, S.129-145 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0968-7599
Schlagwörter	Disabilities; Self Concept; Interviews; Freehand Drawing; Group Discussion; Physical Mobility; Parent Attitudes; Negative Attitudes; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Physical Disabilities + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Handicap; Behinderung; Selbstkonzept; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Drawing; Zeichnen; Gruppendiskussion; Elternverhalten; Negative Fixierung; Physical handicap; Körperbehinderung
Abstract	To research children's notions of self, semi-structured interviews, drawings and focused group discussions were used with 14 children with mobility "impairments" aged 11-16 years. The objective was to capture children's "lived realities". Findings illuminated immense variation and fluidity in children's understanding of "disability". Children desired to appear similar to "non-disabled" children. Most attributed "disability" to existential causes. Parents' ambivalent attitudes and societal reactions to "disabled" children are discussed. The study points out the unremitting hope and potential of these children, which is often silenced by the overarching "negativism" that surrounds "disability". (Contains 4 figures, 7 tables and 1P note.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10