Tales of Hidden Lives: A critical examination of life history research with people who have learning difficulties

Goodley, Dan

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“…It is also important to consider how the person with intellectual disability perceives the researcher, and how the researcher perceives the participant and what influence these factors may have on the story (Goodley, 1996). These dynamics are not unlike those found in social worker-client relationships.…”

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Life Story Work and Social Work Practice: A Case Study With Ex-Prisoners Labelled as Having an Intellectual Disability

Ellem

Wilson

2010

Australian Social Work

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In common with other professions social workers have the power to articulate certain ''truths'' about the people who use their services (Hare Mustin, 1994). These knowledge statements about people, often situated in case files may become the only background information of the lived experience for people with disability (Gillman, Swain, & Heyman, 1997). Social workers need to develop interviewing, assessment and recording practices that give precedent to the worldview of service users, if they are to truly understand and respond effectively to people's lives (Bigby, 2007). One such way of doing this is by adopting a life story approach to working with vulnerable people, which can provide a holistic stance to a person's social reality (Ortiz, 1985). This article outlines the use of this approach in research with Queensland ex-prisoners who were labelled as having an intellectual disability. By explaining the process used by the first author (hereafter known as the researcher), the methodological findings of this study illustrate how life story work can contribute to social work practice.

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Life Story Work and Social Work Practice: A Case Study With Ex-Prisoners Labelled as Having an Intellectual Disability

Ellem

Wilson

2010

Australian Social Work

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“…Life history work uses narrative methods to enable people with learning difficulties to recall, recount and review their lives, valuing them as expert witnesses rather than mere sources of data (Atkinson, 2004). This necessitates overcoming some of the communication barriers already identified, but as Atkinson (2004) notes, this has been achieved in the work of Bodgan and Taylor (1976), Edgerton and Bercovici (1976), Booth and Booth (1994, Goodley (1996), Rolph (1999) and Stuart (2002).…”

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“…By encouraging story telling we bring together insight and empathy and affirm the subjective meanings of the story teller, enabling others in similar circumstances (or not) to make connections and take strength (Goodley 1996). Goodley's (1998) reflections on the narrative process illustrate how the practical challenges and political sensitivities are absolutely intertwined: The method involves practical ways of facilitating the recounting of experiences, such as through visual stimulus, or group discussion to elicit group memories, or interview skills that require continual reflection and refinement.…”

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Wieser¹

2017

How Genes Matter

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“…A visszaérkezett kérdőívek tisztítása után 1.962 db értékelhető kérdőív maradt. A kutatás mindvégig az érintett személyek bevonásával, az inkluzív, fogyatékosságtudományi kutatások etikai normáinak betartásával és a "Semmit rólunk, nélkülünk elv" alapján került lefolytatásra (Goodley, 1996; Marton -Könczei, 2009; Katona, 2012).…”

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„Legyen szerencsénk máskor is” A SINOSZ és a Szerencsejáték Zrt. jó gyakorlata siket és nagyothalló személyek foglalkoztatásában

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2017

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Tanulmányunk célja, hogy bemutassuk a Szerencsejáték Zrt. és a SINOSZ eredményeit a siket és nagyothalló személyek foglalkoztatása területén. Tesszük ezt azzal a céllal, hogy iránytűt adjunk azon munkáltatók és szakemberek kezébe, akik szeretnének siket és nagyothalló embereket foglalkoztatni. Emellett egy jó gyakorlat ismerhető meg a nonprofit – forprofit szféra együttműködéséről, és a sokszínűséget és befogadó szemléletet értéknek tartó munkaadói hozzáállásról, valamint egy érdekképviseleti szervezet úttörő szerepvállalásáról.***Our study aims to present the results achieved by Szerencsejáték Zrt. (National Lottery Company) and SINOSZ (Hungarian Association of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing) in the field of employing deaf and hearing impaired persons. We strive to offer directions for the employers and professionals who wish to hire deaf and hearing impaired people. Besides, we also introduce a good practice of the cooperation of the non-profit and for-profit sectors, the employer attitude taking multi-colourness and inclusive position as a value and the pioneer activity of an advocacy organization.

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Tales of Hidden Lives: A critical examination of life history research with people who have learning difficulties

Cited by 130 publications

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Life Story Work and Social Work Practice: A Case Study With Ex-Prisoners Labelled as Having an Intellectual Disability

Life Story Work and Social Work Practice: A Case Study With Ex-Prisoners Labelled as Having an Intellectual Disability

14. Methodological challenges

„Legyen szerencsénk máskor is” A SINOSZ és a Szerencsejáték Zrt. jó gyakorlata siket és nagyothalló személyek foglalkoztatásában

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