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Disability in the news: a reconsideration of reading
- Author:
- TITCHKOSKY Tanya
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 20(6), October 2005, pp.655-668.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
By making use of a disability studies perspective informed by phenomenology, this paper interrogates the social process of reading news articles that depict disability as if it is only limit. The paper begins from my experience of reading an article that assumes reader‐willingness to imagine disability as a kind of limit without possibility, without life. I go on to consider how the meaning of disability is actually produced by normative forms of cultural perception that recognize certain bodies as a kind of negation. Reading, a common mode of perception within literate western cultures, is used to problematize how mainstream media configures embodiment. Finally, the paper raises the ever present possibility that the ways in which impaired bodies are typically limited may contain the possibility of alternatives that disturb and re‐make the everyday modes of perceiving disability.
Mencap advertising opens up new worlds
- Author:
- McKITRICK Clare
- Journal article citation:
- Viewpoint, March 2005, pp.18-19.
- Publisher:
- Mencap/Gateway
Outlines the basis of 'Opening up New Worlds', a trial awareness programme in Newcastle to help improve understanding of learning disabilities, and evaluates the success of the campaign.
Sexuality: policies, beliefs and practice
- Authors:
- MURRAY J., MacDONALD R., LEVENSON V.
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 6(1), 2001, pp.29-35.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Too much care not enough support
- Author:
- CONLON Joe
- Journal article citation:
- Community Care, 13.7.00, 2000, p.13.
- Publisher:
- Reed Business Information
The author challenges the notion of key working, and the misuse of the word "care".
Factors relating to attitudes of Israeli corporate executives toward the employability of persons with intellectual disability
- Author:
- RIMMERMAN Arie
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability, 23(3), September 1998, pp.245-254.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The research examined factors relating to the attitudes of Israeli corporate executives toward the employability of persons with intellectual disability. The study identified three key variables that are associated with favourable attitudes: previous contact, hiring a person with disability, and organisational size (large). Persons with mild intellectual disability were preferred for employment compared to those with moderate intellectual disability. The findings are interpreted with respect to policy and practice.
Changing children's attitudes
- Author:
- HEVICON Ruth
- Journal article citation:
- Community Nurse, 2(9), October 1996, p.44.
- Publisher:
- Emap Healthcare
Describes how the author, a community nurse for people with learning disabilities, helped to increase school children's awareness of people with learning disabilities.
Connotations of labels for mental handicap and challenging behaviour: a review and research evaluation
- Authors:
- HASTINGS Richard P., REMINGTON Bob
- Journal article citation:
- Mental Handicap Research, 6(3), 1993, pp.237-249.
- Publisher:
- BIMH Publications
The terms used to denote the concepts of mental handicap and challenging behaviour are a matter of continuing controversy. In the first part of this paper, research concerned with evaluating the impact of such labels is reviewed, and the value of semantic technique for assessing the connotative effect of labels is proposed. In the second part, this approach was evaluated in a study which found that the more recently coined terms were rated more favourably than more traditional descriptions. Nevertheless, virtually all the terms assessed carried negative, rather than neutral or positive, connotations. The results are discussed in terms of the need to devise descriptions that will promote more positive social representations of mental handicap.
Attitudes to Down's Syndrome: an investigation of attitudes to mental handicap in urban and rural Yorkshire
- Author:
- SINSON Jamie C
- Publisher:
- Mental Health Foundation
- Publication year:
- 1985
- Pagination:
- 52p., tables, diags, bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- London
Perceptions of sex offenders with intellectual disability: a comparison of forensic staff and the general public
- Authors:
- STEANS Jennifer, DUFF Simon
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 33(4), 2020, pp.711-719.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Existing literature suggests that individuals with intellectual disability are not always held accountable for their actions and forensic staff are unlikely to report their sexually harmful behaviour. Method: This research explores how categorization of an offender as having intellectual disability and the framing of an offence as planned or opportunistic, impacts upon ratings of risk, blame and intent by forensic staff and the general public. The impact of pre‐existing attitudes towards sex offenders upon these ratings was also considered. Results: Differences are identified between participants’ ratings when the offender is categorized as having an intellectual disability. More positive attitudes are associated with lower ratings of several factors. Conclusions: Individuals with overly positive attitudes towards sex offenders could underestimate the risk posed by sex offenders with intellectual disability. These results are important to consider alongside the NHS Transforming Care Agenda. (Edited publisher abstract)
Nurses' attitudes and emotions toward caring for adults with intellectual disabilities: results of a cross‐sectional, correlational‐predictive research study
- Authors:
- DESROCHES Melissa L., et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 32(6), 2019, pp.1501-1513.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
Background: Negative healthcare provider attitudes may contribute to healthcare disparities in adults with intellectual disabilities. This study identified predictors of nurses' attitudes and emotions toward caring for adults with intellectual disabilities in the United States. Method: A convenience sample of 248 nurses was used to collect nurses' attitudes and emotions toward caring for adults with intellectual disabilities (Adapted Caring for Adults with Disabilities Questionnaire) and quality of life beliefs (Prognostic Beliefs Scale). Results: Overall, nurses held less positive attitudes toward caring for an adult with intellectual disability versus a physical disability. Intellectual disability nurses held more positive attitudes and emotions and less negative emotions than non‐intellectual disability nurses. Quality of life beliefs predicted nurse attitude, positive emotions and negative emotions. The number of adults with intellectual disabilities cared for during the nurse's career predicted negative emotions. Conclusions: Future interventions should focus on improving nurses' understanding of the quality of life of adults with intellectual disabilities. (Publisher abstract)