Exploring the attitudes and knowledge of support workers towards individuals with intellectual disabilities

Golding, Natalie S; Rose, John

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“…First, support staff in the included qualitative study by Golding and Rose (2015), reported that prior to working in the ID field, they felt that they were stigmatizing people with ID by believing that (i) people with ID "did not have the ability to be independent and were like 'vegetables'," and that (ii) that they were too scared to speak to them; however, these beliefs positively changed when they started working (i.e. becoming familiar) with individuals with ID (Golding and Rose, 2015). Yet, care providers already working in the ID field will inevitably be familiar with people with ID to Generally, liberal attitudes toward sexuality.…”

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“…First, within articles addressing community inclusion (n ¼ 14), in a general sense, this inclusion was valued as important for people with ID (Doody et al 2013, Golding andRose 2015). For example, in the study by Golding and Rose (2015), care providers were generally positive about integration and believed that both the individual with ID and society would gain from integration. Moreover, based on outcomes from the Community Living Attitude Scale (n ¼ 7), care providers showed no desire to exclude people with ID from community life (i.e.…”

Section: Structural Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, staff assumed that neighbors in a reversed integration setting held less positive social norms regarding integration than the neighbors themselves actually held (Venema et al 2016). Similarly, Golding and Rose (2015) reported that, when specifically asked, care providers discussed potential harms to society by integrating people with ID in the community such as physical harm, or feeling intimidated and frightened. Moreover, Clement and Bigby (2009) reported that activities for people with ID guided by care providers were focused on community presence, not participation.…”

Section: Structural Stigmamentioning

confidence: 99%

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Stigma research in the field of intellectual disabilities: a scoping review on the perspective of care providers

Pelleboer-Gunnink

Oorsouw

Weeghel

et al. 2019

International Journal of Developmental Disabilities

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Objectives: Care providers are key agents in the lives of individuals with an intellectual disability (ID). The quality of their support can be affected by manifestations of stigma. This scoping review was conducted to explore studies that provide indications of care providers' stigmatization of people with ID. Methods: A structured search was made in four databases to identify relevant studies in English-language peer-reviewed journals. Records were systematically and independently screened by the researchers. Results: The 40 articles included in this review were mainly conducted in Western countries and used Likerttype self-report measures of explicit attitudes. Stigmatization seemed more distinct concerning people with high support needs. The few studies on public stigma preliminary suggest that staff may also stigmatize people with ID based on other social identities. Regarding the support of structural stigma, staff reported skepticism regarding community inclusion for people with high support needs, and tended to be ambivalent about the protection-or-empowerment balance in the support of people with ID. Possible indications of stigmatization regarding sexuality were found on specific issues, such as self-determination and privacy. Agreement of staff with certain rights did not necessarily lead to staff acting in accordance with such rights. Conclusion: Indications of stigmatization of people with ID by care providers were found. Stigmatizing attitudes might affect the quality of care providers' support. Potential leads for future interventions concern creating awareness, sharing power, addressing diagnostic overshadowing, and providing explicit policy translations. Directions for future research concern strengthening the methodology of studies and enriching the studied topics.

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Section: Structural Stigmamentioning

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Stigma research in the field of intellectual disabilities: a scoping review on the perspective of care providers

Pelleboer-Gunnink

Oorsouw

Weeghel

et al. 2019

International Journal of Developmental Disabilities

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“…By contrast, negative attitudes can lead to decisions such as rejection (Daruwalla & Darcy, 2005;Boer & Munde, 2014;Hassanein, 2015), segregation (Keller & Siegrist, 2010;Keith et al, 2015), and degradation (Panek & Jungers, 2008). The importance of knowing the attitudes of individuals towards people who have a disability can be summarized as: contributing to making programs for individuals with disabilities more successful; attempting to make the attitudes of the individuals towards disability more positive; and the education and enlightenment of the public to adjust any incorrect concepts and to try to make the attitudes more positive (Eberhardt & Mayberry, 1995;Golding & Rose, 2014;Werner, Stawski, Polakiewicz, & Levav, 2012). Raven & Rubin (1983) have pointed out that attitudes are not inherited but acquired and learned, with the individual acquiring them from the prevailing societal culture through socialisation.…”

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Attitudes towards people with intellectual disability in the UK and Libya: A cross-cultural comparison

Benomir

Nicolson

Beail

2016

Research in Developmental Disabilities

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Article available under the terms of the CC-BY-NC-ND licence (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/) eprints@whiterose.ac.uk https://eprints.whiterose.ac.uk/ Reuse Unless indicated otherwise, fulltext items are protected by copyright with all rights reserved. The copyright exception in section 29 of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 allows the making of a single copy solely for the purpose of non-commercial research or private study within the limits of fair dealing. The publisher or other rights-holder may allow further reproduction and re-use of this version -refer to the White Rose Research Online record for this item. Where records identify the publisher as the copyright holder, users can verify any specific terms of use on the publisher's website. TakedownIf you consider content in White Rose Research Online to be in breach of UK law, please notify us by emailing eprints@whiterose.ac.uk including the URL of the record and the reason for the withdrawal request. ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY Attitudes towards People with Intellectual Disability in the UK What this paper adds:This is the first study:to assess quantitatively attitudes to people with ID in Libya; ATTITUDES TOWARDS PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY(ii) to assess the attitudes of two sectors -staff working with people with ID, and University students;(iii) to compare attitudes to people with ID in Libya and in the UK, and the study therefore extends the considerable corpus previously established using the CLAS-MR.(iv) The paper provides baseline information that allows future researchers who collect data on attitudes to people with ID to evaluate the changes occurring as a consequence of interventions or events.

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“…Studies within Australia and elsewhere in the world have indicated that people with disabilities have been subject to many negative beliefs and attitudes (Commonwealth of Australia, 2009;Corr McEvoy & Keenan, 2014), and the attitude of both the general community and support staff is known to have a considerable impact upon the social inclusion and quality of life for people with an intellectual disability (Cummins & Lau, 2003;Patka et al, 2013). Much of the literature has focussed on the prevailing attitudes towards people with an intellectual disability at a particular point in time (e.g., Yazbeck et al, 2004;Golding & Rose, 2014;Horner-Johnson et al, 2015); however, there has been little comparative examination of how staff attitudes have changed over time. The current project replicated a study from 1987 and compared how the attitudes of disability support staff within the same organisation had changed over these past 25 years of major policy and practice reform.…”

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Twenty-five years of Community Living: Changes in Support Staff Perceptions

Wark

Bleechmore²

2015

DCID

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Purpose: The attitudes of support staff towards people with intellectual disability can greatly impact upon an individual's quality of life and level of social inclusion. However, there are few studies that examine how perceptions and beliefs have changed within one organisation over the past few decades; a period during which there have been major social and government policy changes including deinstitutionalisation, inclusive education and the introduction of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. In conjunction with a 25th anniversary review of a community-living project in rural Australia, the current research replicated a study from 1987 that examined attitudes of staff with respect to people with intellectual disability, and thematically compared the findings of the two questionnaires. Method: In 1987, a purpose-designed questionnaire was developed and completed by 15 direct care staff. This 10-item tool asked for basic demographic information and for the participants' perceptions of people with intellectual disability and their own work roles in the disability sector. This tool was replicated in 2013 and was again completed by 15 direct care staff from the same organisation. Results: The thematic analysis indicated a number of differences between the 1987 and 2013 cohorts in regard to their attitudes. The wide acceptance of the rights of people with intellectual disability was one key change. There was an age separation found within the 2013 cohort, with older participants (> 50 years of age) more likely to display similar attitudes to the 1987 group than the younger participants (<30 years old). Dealing with the problem of ageing-related issues, something that was not obvious 25 years ago, was now considered of major importance. There was evidence that disability support was increasingly www.dcidj.org 6 recognised as a valid career choice, with a substantial difference in motivation found between the two age groups. Across both cohorts, direct exposure to the realities of the job was seen to be the best training for new employees. Conclusions: The past 25 years have seen positive developments in both social acceptance and expectations for people with disabilities. Individuals are now viewed in a realistic but more positive light. As an exemplar of this change, concerns about individuals entering a consenting sexual relationship have changed dramatically, and what was once an issue of major concern is now no longer raised. While the training provided to staff has changed significantly over the past 25 years, on-the-job exposure to people with intellectual disability, combined with support from peers, is still perceived as vital for developing a quality support network.

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Exploring the attitudes and knowledge of support workers towards individuals with intellectual disabilities

Abstract: These results suggest that current attitude scales do not accurately measure the attitudes of support workers; therefore, a modified attitude scale could be developed to incorporate findings from this study.

Cited by 7 publications

References 19 publications

Stigma research in the field of intellectual disabilities: a scoping review on the perspective of care providers

Stigma research in the field of intellectual disabilities: a scoping review on the perspective of care providers

Attitudes towards people with intellectual disability in the UK and Libya: A cross-cultural comparison

Twenty-five years of Community Living: Changes in Support Staff Perceptions

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