Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders
Intellectual disability is often discussed in terms of dependence, social support and participation. The right to participate is important in different social contexts; however, because of able-minded judgement there are diminished opportunities within these contexts for disabled people to experienc...
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| author | Eric Svanelöv Jonas Stier Per Enarsson Eva Flygare Wallén Lena Talman |
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| description | Intellectual disability is often discussed in terms of dependence, social support and participation. The right to participate is important in different social contexts; however, because of able-minded judgement there are diminished opportunities within these contexts for disabled people to experience social justice. How intellectual disability and participation are talked about (re)constructs discourses and affects individuals within these discourses. This study explored how staff and leaders talk about participation and intellectual disability. Ten social support services staff and disability sports leaders were interviewed, and the interviews were analysed using discursive psychology. The study showed that intellectual disability is constructed through discourses of being (ab)normal and as an inconvenience for participation. These discourses diminish disabled people’s abilities, rendering participation powerless. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-624c4648d25749b3a3ba82015c3b5e1e2025-01-08T07:46:42ZengStockholm University PressScandinavian Journal of Disability Research1745-30112024-12-01261650–664650–66410.16993/sjdr.11671167Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports LeadersEric Svanelöv0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1813-4977Jonas Stier1https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7832-2155Per Enarsson2Eva Flygare Wallén3https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0450-3751Lena Talman4https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0305-7929Mälardalen university, School of health, care, and social welfareMälardalen university, School of health, care, and social welfareLinnaeus University, Department of health and caring sciencesKarolinska Institutet (KI), Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society (NVS), H1 Division of Family Medicine and Primary CareMälardalen university, School of health, care, and social welfareIntellectual disability is often discussed in terms of dependence, social support and participation. The right to participate is important in different social contexts; however, because of able-minded judgement there are diminished opportunities within these contexts for disabled people to experience social justice. How intellectual disability and participation are talked about (re)constructs discourses and affects individuals within these discourses. This study explored how staff and leaders talk about participation and intellectual disability. Ten social support services staff and disability sports leaders were interviewed, and the interviews were analysed using discursive psychology. The study showed that intellectual disability is constructed through discourses of being (ab)normal and as an inconvenience for participation. These discourses diminish disabled people’s abilities, rendering participation powerless.https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1167participationintellectual disabilityable-mindednesssocial supportdisability sportsdiscourse analysis |
| spellingShingle | Eric Svanelöv Jonas Stier Per Enarsson Eva Flygare Wallén Lena Talman Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research participation intellectual disability able-mindedness social support disability sports discourse analysis |
| title | Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders |
| title_full | Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders |
| title_fullStr | Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders |
| title_full_unstemmed | Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders |
| title_short | Addressing Participation and Intellectual Disability: A Discourse Analysis of Rhetoric from Social Support Staff and Disability Sports Leaders |
| title_sort | addressing participation and intellectual disability a discourse analysis of rhetoric from social support staff and disability sports leaders |
| topic | participation intellectual disability able-mindedness social support disability sports discourse analysis |
| url | https://account.sjdr.se/index.php/su-j-sjdr/article/view/1167 |
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