Geographies of Young Disabled People

Holt, Louise

doi:10.1007/978-981-4585-91-0_7-1

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“…Its potential lies in connecting understanding about the production of space and place with the multiple and diverse identities, lived experiences and values of disabled people. Since that time a range of social geographers have pursued this agenda with an increasing focus on participatory and inclusive research methods that prioritise the perspectives of disabled people, reaching into a diverse and increasing array of domains, including education (Holt, , ), social care (Hall & McGarrol, ; Power & Bartlett, ) and felt senses of belonging and connectedness in community spaces (Milner & Kelly, ; Robinson, Fisher, Hill, & Graham, ; Wiesel, ).…”

Section: Community Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Co‐production in peer support group research with disabled people

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Peer support action research is a co-production method used by groups of people with a shared experience, in order to generate knowledge and mutual assistance. This paper analyses co-production experiences from a recent Australian research project, which formed peer support groups to explore how disabled people were managing their transition to self-directed support. Using the project as a case study and applying a community participation framework derived from social geography, this paper addresses questions about which collaborative mechanisms strengthen peer support research so that the research process and outputs benefit each of the participants involved. The project used a mixed-method, co-production approach. University researchers formed research partnerships with disability community organisations to support the research activity in each Australian state. The community organisations formed peer support groups, facilitated the groups and communicated group processes and findings to the university researchers.The group members and facilitators decided what they wanted to do in the group and how to do it. The academics provided research support, training, a topic guide and resources for group activities. All participants reflected on challenges and lessons learnt and modified the project as it progressed. Both the methods and findings have implications for peer support as co-productive research. The process enhanced the research capacity of the participants, disability community and academics, and strengthened peer support, advocacy and confidence about self-directed support. The findings from the peer support groups about their transition to self-directed support demonstrated their preference for, and trust in, peers as information sources. The regular collective reflections with the facilitators produced an additional level of data collection and analysis that enhanced the quality of the co-production, enabling greater participant control over design and knowledge generation. K E Y W O R D Sco-production, disability, National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS Australia), peer support, selfdirected support ---

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Section: Community Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Co‐production in peer support group research with disabled people

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Fisher

Robinson

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Becoming a student representative in Brazil: a phenomenological study of students with intellectual disabilities

Murahara

Szymanski

2022

Children's Geographies

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Belonging and exclusion in the lives of young people with intellectual disability in small town communities

Robinson

Hill

Fisher

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J Intellect Disabil

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In recent policies, it is assumed that communities welcome the inclusion of young people with intellectual disability. However, little is known about perspectives of young people themselves. This article reports on research that sought to address this gap. Young people with intellectual disability living in three Australian small town communities participated in pictorial mapping and photo-rich methods to explore belonging and exclusion and links between these. Young people's feelings of comfort and safety with local spaces and people were important for their sense of belonging. Emplaced relationships with family and some friends were key to strong belonging, as were positive attachments to disability support workers and spaces. Social exclusion, either from particular places or more generally, was keenly felt. Young people's confidence, willingness to enter social spaces and relationships were magnified by ways that systems responded to their impairment, at worst fracturing their sense of feeling welcome and included.

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Geographies of Young Disabled People

Cited by 3 publications

References 49 publications

Co‐production in peer support group research with disabled people

Co‐production in peer support group research with disabled people

Becoming a student representative in Brazil: a phenomenological study of students with intellectual disabilities

Belonging and exclusion in the lives of young people with intellectual disability in small town communities

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