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Abstract
BACKGROUND:
This article is about interactions that occur when someone with intellectual disabilities is engaged in everyday activities with a personal assistant (PA) or a support worker.
METHOD:
We examine the detail of nine hours of naturally occurring video-recorded interactions, to explore how "relational autonomy" is done in practice. Nine people with ID and seven staff took part in the research, which took place in England from 2016-17.
RESULTS:
We selected six extracts to illustrate different types of joint decision-making. Informed by inclusive research with a drama group of people with intellectual disabilities, we focus on the ways in which (a) future plans are discussed; (b) choices are offered during an activity; (c) people reflect on their decisions.
CONCLUSION:
The article concludes with discussion about the teaching and learning content of choice-making, on relational autonomy, and the practice learning for PAs, support workers and for people with intellectual disabilities.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1058-1066 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 5 |
| Early online date | 12 Apr 2019 |
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| Publication status | Published - 1 Sep 2019 |
Bibliographical note
Dr Sandra Dowling led the analysis in this paper with the Misfits Theatre Company, a group of actors with intellectual disabilities. She has a particular interest in creative methodologies and in how personal assistance works for people with intellectual disabilities.Val Williams is an emeritus professor, and led a large project called 'Getting Things Changed' at Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies. She has a research background in co-production and in the fine-grained analysis of interactions.
Structured keywords
- SPS Norah Fry Centre for Disability Studies
Keywords
- conversation analysis
- decision making
- interaction
- mental capacity
- relational autonomy
- support practices
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Getting Things Changed: Tackling disabling practices: co-production and change
Abbott, D. W. F., Dowling, S. F., Farmer, E., Gall, M. R. Y., Heslop, P., Mason, V. A., Merchant, W. E., Porter, S. M., Read, S. A., Reynolds, N., Steel, M., Sturdy, A. J., Tarleton, B., Turney, D., Webb, J. C., Sass, B., Turner, S., Hatton, C., Antaki, C., Kitzinger, C., Blue, S. & Hicks, L. J.
Economic and Social Research Council
1/04/15 → 31/05/18
Project: Research
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