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Personal experience and perception of abuse in people with intellectual disabilities
- Authors:
- LEUTAR Zdravka, VITLOV Josipa, LEUTAR Ivan
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 18(3), 2014, pp.249-269.
- Publisher:
- Sage
- Place of publication:
- London
This article presents a qualitative study designed to gain insight into personal experience and perception of abuse in people with intellectual disabilities. Ten members of the organization for people with intellectual disabilities in Zadar, Croatia, who have a diagnosis of light or moderate intellectual disability, were included in the research. Analysis of responses showed that most participants had experienced psychological, physical and financial abuse. The most frequent perpetrators of abuse were identified by participants as friends, acquaintances and volunteer carers. Typical sites for the experience of abuse were school, social clubs/support institutions, the street and the urban environment. Most participants seek assistance and support in cases of abuse through discussion with their loved ones, mostly their parents and friends. In addition to such informal relationships, some participants mentioned the importance of formal forms of support. (Publisher abstract)
A child with mental retardation in the family
- Authors:
- LEUTAR Zdravka, RAIC Ivanka
- Journal article citation:
- Ljetopis Studijskog Centra Socijalnog Rada, 9(1), 2002, pp.29-47.
- Publisher:
- University of Zagreb
- Place of publication:
- Zagreb
It has been determined that the arrival of a child with learning difficulties in the world changes the course of family life, strengthens its cohesion and connects members of the family together. This research shows that professional and social support are very important to parents raising children with learning difficulties and that this has not been sufficiently developed in Croatia. [Article in Croatian].