Adult People with Language Impairment and Their Life Situation

Autor/inn/en	Torrnqvist, Maria Carlson; Thulin, Sofia; Segnestam, Ylva; Horowitz, Laura
Titel	Adult People with Language Impairment and Their Life Situation
Quelle	In: Communication Disorders Quarterly, 30 (2009) 4, S.237-254 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1525-7401
DOI	10.1177/1525740108326034
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Adults; Language Impairments; Experience; Parents; Interviews; Quality of Life; Independent Living; Social Isolation; Boarding Schools; Special Education; Life Style; Anxiety; Personal Autonomy; Socialization; Sweden + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Speech disorder; Speech disorders; Speech disabilities; Speech disability; Speech handicap; Speech handicaps; Speech impairment; Speech impairments; Language handicaps; Sprachbehinderung; Erfahrung; Eltern; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Lebensqualität; Selbstverantwortung; Soziale Isolation; Boarding school; Internat; Special needs education; Sonderpädagogik; Sonderschulwesen; Lebensstil; Angst; Individuelle Autonomie; Socialisation; Sozialisation; Schweden
Abstract	Psychosocial outcome of language impairment (LI) was explored in interviews with three adults with LI (as children attended specialized boarding school) and four of their parents. The informants with LI expressed acceptance of LI and described themselves as independent. With driving education with adjusted pedagogy and initial governmental support, the informants with LI acquired driving licenses, developed work skills, and were paid salary by employers. Academic success was accredited to the specialized boarding school, though this limited development of social skills for social community participation. The adults with LI socialized nearly exclusively with family or peers with LI; described obvious angst for communicatively demanding situations, such as shopping in crowded stores; and described symptoms typical of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, social anxiety, and lower intellectual levels. Governmental support may facilitate accomplishment of life skill goals, increasing self-esteem in that realm. Negative social experiences, commonly without support outside family, reinforce behavioral trajectories toward further social isolation. (Contains 1 table.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10