‘Then you realise you can actually do it’: young disabled people negotiating challenges during times of transitioning into adulthood

Ingimarsdóttir, Anna Sigrún; Björnsdóttir, Kristín; Hamdani, Yani; Egilson, Snæfríður Þóra

doi:10.1080/09687599.2023.2226317

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“…The findings from our previous studies underscored young disabled people's sense of belonging and acceptance as the cornerstones constituting the goodness of life (Egilson et al 2021;Ingimarsdóttir et al 2023;Jóhannsdóttir et al 2022). Hence, whether and how practices and policies facilitate young disabled people's wellness and participation in valued activities needs to be further scrutinised and acted on.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 86%

“…In line with the normative understanding that considers disability as being, first and foremost, within the person (Oliver 2013), disabled children's and adolescents' lack of participation has often been regarded as directly linked to their individual impairments. Increasingly, the various environmental factors that influence these young people's opportunities for participation have been stressed, such as attitudes, the design of built environments, policies, services and systems (Anaby et al 2013;Egilson et al 2017aEgilson et al , 2018Hodge and Runswick-Cole 2013;Ingimarsdóttir et al 2023;Krieger et al 2018;Ytterhus et al 2015). Thus, personal and socio-cultural factors appear to intersect to mediate these children's and adolescents' participation in various situations (Egilson et al 2021).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…In a scoping review focusing on the wellness of young people with developmental disabilities, Hamdani et al (2018) found that the concept was often ill defined, making it complex to untangle and compare. Overall, disabled children's and adolescents' ideas about wellness underscore their desires to have meaningful opportunities to take part in activities, have a variety of social relationships (Ingimarsdóttir et al 2023;Jóhannsdóttir et al 2022;Melbøe and Ytterhus 2017), be respected as individuals (Byhlin and Käcker 2018; Jóhannsdóttir et al 2022) and have stable medical health (Hamdani et al 2018(Hamdani et al , 2022Rachele et al 2014).…”

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confidence: 99%

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“I Just Want to Live My Life”: Young Disabled People’s Possibilities for Achieving Participation and Wellness

Ingimarsdóttir,

Egilson

2024

Social Sciences

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This study aimed to (a) explore disabled children’s and adolescents’ possibilities for participation and (b) identify the practices and policies that affect their participation and how these are enacted. Case studies were conducted with seven children and adolescents with various impairments. Each case included interviews with the young person, their parents and teachers, as well as observations in their usual environments. The interview topics covered the young people’s participation, their sense of belonging and aspects that were pivotal to their engagement and wellness. The observations focused on their possibilities for participation and interactions with peers and adults. These young disabled people’s possibilities for participation at home, in school and in their neighbourhoods were affected by complex dynamics between personal and environmental factors. Whether and how the young people’s disability-related rights were enacted depended on the socio-cultural–material arrangements and parents’ knowledge of the welfare system. To better understand and act on the complex and marginalised position of young disabled people, more focus should be directed at policies that affect their rights and possibilities for participation and how these are enacted in practice. Knowledge needs to be expanded to scrutinise the disabling hindrances hidden in social and structural spaces and implemented in services.

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confidence: 86%