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The ‘compliant’, the ‘pacified’ and the ‘rebel’: experiences with Swiss disability insurance
- Authors:
- PIECEK Monika, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Disability and Society, 34(4), 2019, pp.583-606.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
Switzerland’s social policies in the field of disability have been significantly reshaped over the last two decades by reducing the number of allowances awarded and by increasing the recourse to vocational rehabilitation measures. What stances do individuals who experience the implementation of these policies adopt? What kind of tests are they subjected to? How can we explain the posture they adopt – be it ‘compliant’, ‘pacified’ or ‘rebellious’ – when facing the (re)assignations of their identity and professional status? Drawing on interviews conducted with individuals who have recently been involved in programmes set up by Swiss disability insurance, this paper highlights their uncertainties and concerns relating to their place in society, as well as their reactions to disability insurance’s interventions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Sexual victimization of youth with a physical disability: an examination of prevalence rates, and risk and protective factors
- Authors:
- MUELLER-JOHNSON Katrin, EISNER Manuel P., OBSUTH Ingrid
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 29(17), 2014, pp.3180-3206.
- Publisher:
- Sage
Children with disabilities have been shown to be at greater risk of victimisation than those without. This study used data from a national school-based survey of adolescents (n = 6,749, mean age = 15.41, SD = .66) in Switzerland to investigate sexual victimisation (SV) among physically disabled youth. Two subtypes of SV were differentiated: contact SV, including penetration or touching/kissing, and non-contact SV, such as exhibitionism, verbal harassment, exposure to sexual acts, or cyber SV. A total of 360 (5.1%) youth self-identified as having a physical disability. Lifetime prevalence rates for contact SV were 25.95% for girls with a physical disability (odds ratio [OR] = 1.29 compared with able-bodied girls), 18.50% for boys with physical disability (OR = 2.78 compared with able-bodied boys), and 22.35% for the total sample with physical disability (OR = 1.74 compared with able-bodied youth). For non-contact SV, the lifetime prevalence was 48.11% for girls with a physical disability (OR = 1.44 compared with able-bodied girls), 31.76% for boys with physical disability (OR = 1.95 compared with able-bodied boys), and 40.28% for the total sample with physical disability (OR = 1.67 compared with able-bodied youth). After controlling for other risk factors, physical disability was a significant predictor of contact and non-contact SV for boys, but not for girls. (Edited publisher abstract)