Parents of children with intellectual disabilities could experience difficulties associated with their care. Yet, insight into individual experiences is inadequate to guide effective responses to the needs of parents and their sons and daughters with intellectual disability. This study sought to explore the experiences of parents of children with intellectual disability with the aim of making these experiences visible to guide the design and provision of support services for the parents and their children. In-depth interviews were conducted with 20 parents of children with intellectual disability between the ages of 4 and 15 years residing in the Ashanti Region of Ghana. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis to explore themes that describe the experiences of the parents. The study found that parents of intellectually disabled children encounter challenges looking after their children due to the negative perceptions associated with having such children. Financial costs and managing behavioral challenges of intellectually disabled children were also major sources of stressors for parents. Although informal support and assurances from professionals alleviated parental stress and gave them some hope about the future of their children, these support services seem inadequate. A more structured support programme that includes financial empowerment of the parents and recognizes the importance of early detection and intervention practices is needed.
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Despite forty years of research, community sector service providers still find operationalising participation in their practice confusing and difficult. This paper presents the results of a preliminary study that begins to question why this is so and what can be done about it? The study examines the meaning and importance of participation determined by a review of the academic literature, by soliciting feedback from a range of stakeholders in community sector organisations, including service users with complex barriers to participation, staff, and board members. The participants’ perspectives, views and experience of participation were obtained through the use of semi-structured interviews. The data generated a number of telling examples of the impact organisational culture has on service delivery and how the values of the leadership shape the organization, as well as illustrations of the principles that underpin participation expressed from the standpoints of the three participant groups. Study findings underscore the critical importance for service providers to consider their culture and its influences.
{"title":"Making participation accessible for vulnerable clients","authors":"L. Iaquinto","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.105","url":null,"abstract":"Despite forty years of research, community sector service providers still find operationalising participation in their practice confusing and difficult. This paper presents the results of a preliminary study that begins to question why this is so and what can be done about it? The study examines the meaning and importance of participation determined by a review of the academic literature, by soliciting feedback from a range of stakeholders in community sector organisations, including service users with complex barriers to participation, staff, and board members. The participants’ perspectives, views and experience of participation were obtained through the use of semi-structured interviews. The data generated a number of telling examples of the impact organisational culture has on service delivery and how the values of the leadership shape the organization, as well as illustrations of the principles that underpin participation expressed from the standpoints of the three participant groups. Study findings underscore the critical importance for service providers to consider their culture and its influences.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70120844","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The phenomenon of belonging allows diasporic people to negotiate socio-cultural terrains that go beyond singular attachments to “here” or “there”. This paper interrogates doing belonging amongst members of the Karen refugee community from Burma settling in Brisbane, Australia. We use data collected over twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork using the methods of participant observation and semi-structured interviews. This paper presents an interpretation of challenges faced by Karen community members as they grapple with local and transnational complexities of belonging within their own community, whilst also establishing belonging to Australian social environments. We argue that Karen participants’ lived experiences of settlement challenge bounded notions of belonging, thereby allowing us to extend dominant constructions of settlement and social inclusion and give way to a more nuanced representation of an emerging diasporic community. We thus reposition a resettled refugee community away from disempowering and exclusionary notions that dominant constructions of belonging and inclusion tend to impose.
{"title":"Doing belonging: Meanings of home and settlement among the Karen Community in Brisbane, Australia","authors":"J. Bird, Leonie Cox, M. Brough","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.104","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.104","url":null,"abstract":"The phenomenon of belonging allows diasporic people to negotiate socio-cultural terrains that go beyond singular attachments to “here” or “there”. This paper interrogates doing belonging amongst members of the Karen refugee community from Burma settling in Brisbane, Australia. We use data collected over twelve months of ethnographic fieldwork using the methods of participant observation and semi-structured interviews. This paper presents an interpretation of challenges faced by Karen community members as they grapple with local and transnational complexities of belonging within their own community, whilst also establishing belonging to Australian social environments. We argue that Karen participants’ lived experiences of settlement challenge bounded notions of belonging, thereby allowing us to extend dominant constructions of settlement and social inclusion and give way to a more nuanced representation of an emerging diasporic community. We thus reposition a resettled refugee community away from disempowering and exclusionary notions that dominant constructions of belonging and inclusion tend to impose.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70120019","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The paper attempts to understand narratives of sexual violence anchored within the dynamics of social location of caste and gender. Apparent caste-patriarchy and gender hierarchies which are at play in cases of sexual violence against lower-caste and dalit women speak about differential experiences of rape and sexual abuse that women have in India. The paper endeavours to establish that sexual violence is also a form of caste violence by rereading the unfortunate cases of Bhanwari Devi, Khairlanji, Lalasa Devi and Delta Meghwal
{"title":"Understanding sexual violence as a form of caste violence","authors":"Prachita Patil","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.103","url":null,"abstract":"The paper attempts to understand narratives of sexual violence anchored within the dynamics of social location of caste and gender. Apparent caste-patriarchy and gender hierarchies which are at play in cases of sexual violence against lower-caste and dalit women speak about differential experiences of rape and sexual abuse that women have in India. The paper endeavours to establish that sexual violence is also a form of caste violence by rereading the unfortunate cases of Bhanwari Devi, Khairlanji, Lalasa Devi and Delta Meghwal","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70120420","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
People with disabilities are generally not considered as able participants in the workforce (paid or volunteer work) and therefore, they often experience exclusion from participating in mainstream employment opportunities. People with disabilities experience various barriers to employment, such as discrimination in the workplace, stigma, prejudice and stereotypes. However, some people with disabilities participate in the workforce and make valuable contributions towards economic development, social capital and wider society. This literature review summarises published research findings about the challenges that people with disabilities experience in pursuing employment opportunities, including volunteering and paid positions; and in undertaking these roles. Furthermore, it explores possible interventions to improve employment outcomes that are effective from the perspectives of people with disabilities. Findings indicate that effective practice takes an inclusive approach and allows clients to take ownership of solutions in relation to addressing the challenges they experience in the employment sector. For this reason, two different community development projects, which particularly focused on employment challenges for people with disabilities, as well as outlining strategies and solutions that promote client ownership were reviewed. Additionally, employment support techniques and strategies, as well as human rights’ principles on work and employment for people with disabilities will be debated. Finally, implications for research and practice for the rehabilitation counselling profession and the disability employment services sector are discussed.
{"title":"Exploring the challenges experienced by people with disabilities in the employment sector in Australia: Advocating for inclusive practice‐ a review of literature","authors":"Amos Ruhindwa, Christine Randall, J. Cartmel","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.99","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.99","url":null,"abstract":"People with disabilities are generally not considered as able participants in the workforce (paid or volunteer work) and therefore, they often experience exclusion from participating in mainstream employment opportunities. People with disabilities experience various barriers to employment, such as discrimination in the workplace, stigma, prejudice and stereotypes. However, some people with disabilities participate in the workforce and make valuable contributions towards economic development, social capital and wider society. This literature review summarises published research findings about the challenges that people with disabilities experience in pursuing employment opportunities, including volunteering and paid positions; and in undertaking these roles. Furthermore, it explores possible interventions to improve employment outcomes that are effective from the perspectives of people with disabilities. Findings indicate that effective practice takes an inclusive approach and allows clients to take ownership of solutions in relation to addressing the challenges they experience in the employment sector. For this reason, two different community development projects, which particularly focused on employment challenges for people with disabilities, as well as outlining strategies and solutions that promote client ownership were reviewed. Additionally, employment support techniques and strategies, as well as human rights’ principles on work and employment for people with disabilities will be debated. Finally, implications for research and practice for the rehabilitation counselling profession and the disability employment services sector are discussed.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2016-07-28","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70127499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
We are all unique and as humans share the experience of having areas of strength and weakness. However, our opportunities and abilities to capitalise on our strengths, and concordantly, to mask or accommodate our weaknesses vary tremendously. The degree to which our intersectionality or whether the different aspects of our lives are valued or devalued and the degree to which this impacts us is also heterogeneous. The phenomena of social exclusion and the need for more socially inclusive agendas is therefore not universally experienced nor understood. Indeed, it is argued that to not have to think about such issues is itself indicative of a position of relative privilege.
{"title":"Promoting social inclusion: More important now than ever?","authors":"P. Harris","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.80","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.80","url":null,"abstract":"We are all unique and as humans share the experience of having areas of strength and weakness. However, our opportunities and abilities to capitalise on our strengths, and concordantly, to mask or accommodate our weaknesses vary tremendously. The degree to which our intersectionality or whether the different aspects of our lives are valued or devalued and the degree to which this impacts us is also heterogeneous. The phenomena of social exclusion and the need for more socially inclusive agendas is therefore not universally experienced nor understood. Indeed, it is argued that to not have to think about such issues is itself indicative of a position of relative privilege.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70127104","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Keeping older adults over 65 years of age socially included is a challenge still being addressed. Older adults’ views of feeling socially included and avoiding social exclusion and isolation are individual. This ethnographic study examines the views participants have about feeling socially included in their community when attending a community healthy ageing program in Brisbane, Australia. Niche studies of social inclusion in particular settings are valuable as alternatives to large studies, because of the diversity they offer in finding out what older adults identify as making them feel socially included. Data was collected by participant observation and focus groups, with supporting member checks and brief follow-up interviews. The main finding was that the program encouraged program participants to view themselves as feeling socially mobile, mainly because of access to information resources and to the human networks the program offered. Five concerns dominated the analysis where participants felt exclusion and isolation was an issue: transport, housing and living arrangements, health, crime and personal safety, and technology use. This paper contributes to the understanding of views of social inclusion in a particular setting and brings an awareness of the types of solutions a community program can bring to older adults to help keep them socially included.
{"title":"Older adults’ understandings of social inclusion: Views from a healthy ageing community program","authors":"Michael Nycyk, Margaret Redsell","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.86","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.86","url":null,"abstract":"Keeping older adults over 65 years of age socially included is a challenge still being addressed. Older adults’ views of feeling socially included and avoiding social exclusion and isolation are individual. This ethnographic study examines the views participants have about feeling socially included in their community when attending a community healthy ageing program in Brisbane, Australia. Niche studies of social inclusion in particular settings are valuable as alternatives to large studies, because of the diversity they offer in finding out what older adults identify as making them feel socially included. Data was collected by participant observation and focus groups, with supporting member checks and brief follow-up interviews. The main finding was that the program encouraged program participants to view themselves as feeling socially mobile, mainly because of access to information resources and to the human networks the program offered. Five concerns dominated the analysis where participants felt exclusion and isolation was an issue: transport, housing and living arrangements, health, crime and personal safety, and technology use. This paper contributes to the understanding of views of social inclusion in a particular setting and brings an awareness of the types of solutions a community program can bring to older adults to help keep them socially included.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70127436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The institutionalisation of discrimination is often cited as a key factor in poor health and wellbeing outcomes for people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ). Such health outcomes include poor mental health, psychological stress resulting in physical manifestations of illness, and higher incidence of drug and alcohol abuse, in addition to higher prevalence of self-harm and suicide (Jones, del Pozo De Bolger, Dune, Lykins & Hawkins, 2015). McNair and Hughes (2012) also cite a higher prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer, and lower rates of preventive screening, which all contribute to poor health outcomes. However, institutionalisation of LGBTIQ acceptance is also on the rise (Ellis, 2009; Renn, 2007). This is especially the case within higher education institutions, with many people around the world leading awe-inspiring initiatives to celebrate diversity. For instance, through the It Gets Better campaign (2015) many universities have incorporated the acceptance of diversity as part of their institutional and public image. Considering that such organisations are often in positions of both privilege and influence, they are well placed to champion change within their communities.
歧视的制度化经常被认为是女同性恋、男同性恋、双性恋、变性人、双性人和酷儿(LGBTIQ)群体健康和福祉不佳的一个关键因素。这些健康结果包括心理健康状况不佳，心理压力导致身体疾病的表现，药物和酒精滥用的发生率较高，以及自残和自杀的发生率较高(Jones, del Pozo De Bolger, Dune, Lykins & Hawkins, 2015)。McNair和Hughes(2012)还指出，心血管疾病和癌症风险因素的患病率较高，预防性筛查率较低，这些都是导致健康状况不佳的原因。然而，LGBTIQ接受的制度化也在上升(Ellis, 2009;Renn, 2007)。在高等教育机构中尤其如此，世界各地有许多人发起了令人敬畏的活动来庆祝多样性。例如，通过It Gets Better活动(2015年)，许多大学已经将接受多样性作为其机构和公众形象的一部分。考虑到这些组织往往既具有特权又具有影响力，它们在支持社区变革方面处于有利地位。
{"title":"#NewWSUnites: Reflections on institutionalising acceptance and diversity through Sydney's Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade","authors":"T. Dune, Annie Armstrong","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.87","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.87","url":null,"abstract":"The institutionalisation of discrimination is often cited as a key factor in poor health and wellbeing outcomes for people identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex and queer (LGBTIQ). Such health outcomes include poor mental health, psychological stress resulting in physical manifestations of illness, and higher incidence of drug and alcohol abuse, in addition to higher prevalence of self-harm and suicide (Jones, del Pozo De Bolger, Dune, Lykins & Hawkins, 2015). McNair and Hughes (2012) also cite a higher prevalence of risk factors for cardiovascular disease and cancer, and lower rates of preventive screening, which all contribute to poor health outcomes. However, institutionalisation of LGBTIQ acceptance is also on the rise (Ellis, 2009; Renn, 2007). This is especially the case within higher education institutions, with many people around the world leading awe-inspiring initiatives to celebrate diversity. For instance, through the It Gets Better campaign (2015) many universities have incorporated the acceptance of diversity as part of their institutional and public image. Considering that such organisations are often in positions of both privilege and influence, they are well placed to champion change within their communities.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"9 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70127045","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Nancy Hirschmann and Beth Linker edited a collection of essays that deal with various topics in the history and current situation of people with disabilities in America. The essays in Civil Disabilities expertly navigate the contours of ableism and citizenship to provide historical and analytical context to the lived experiences of disability in America. While the editors point out and recognise how American scholarship has not adequately developed the concept of citizenship in reference to Americans with disabilities, they draw on Canadian authors and their more nuanced study of citizenship and disability to frame the chapters in this volume. The authors do, however, draw on the rich American literature of citizenship, such as that developed by Martin Luther King and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This collection of essays in an important step forward in the application of those foundational concepts to the study of disability in America.
{"title":"Civil disabilities: Citizenship, membership, and belonging. A review","authors":"S. Cappe","doi":"10.36251/JOSI.88","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.36251/JOSI.88","url":null,"abstract":"Nancy Hirschmann and Beth Linker edited a collection of essays that deal with various topics in the history and current situation of people with disabilities in America. The essays in Civil Disabilities expertly navigate the contours of ableism and citizenship to provide historical and analytical context to the lived experiences of disability in America. While the editors point out and recognise how American scholarship has not adequately developed the concept of citizenship in reference to Americans with disabilities, they draw on Canadian authors and their more nuanced study of citizenship and disability to frame the chapters in this volume. The authors do, however, draw on the rich American literature of citizenship, such as that developed by Martin Luther King and Ruth Bader Ginsburg. This collection of essays in an important step forward in the application of those foundational concepts to the study of disability in America.","PeriodicalId":42982,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Social Inclusion","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.5,"publicationDate":"2015-12-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"70127299","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Participation in tourism brings individuals, families and communities together, making it an important social inclusion strategy. Negative perceptions about persons with disabilities could make it difficult for them to access public places. Therefore, this study served to examine tourism challenges for persons with disabilities (PwDs) in the Ashanti region of Ghana. A cross sectional study with quantitative data collection was conducted with PwDs. Structured questionnaires were administered to 120 PwDs using a convenience sampling technique. Descriptive statistics were explored using SPSS version 20. The study found that PwDs faced barriers to facilities and structures at tourist destinations. The barriers to tourism included lack of income, negative attitudes of the public and physical barriers such as a lack of adapted toilet facilities, tables and chairs, inaccessible routes for wheel chair users, inability to climb walkways and an absence of canopy walk-ways. The study supports the evidence of challenges faced by PwDs at tourism destinations. Redesigning and resourcing tourism facilities to be more PwD friendly could remove barriers faced by PwDs in tourism, creating greater social inclusion for this population.
参与旅游业将个人、家庭和社区聚集在一起，使其成为一项重要的社会包容战略。对残疾人的负面看法可能使他们难以进入公共场所。因此，本研究旨在研究加纳阿散蒂地区残疾人(PwDs)面临的旅游挑战。对残疾患者进行了定量数据收集的横断面研究。采用方便抽样技术对120名残疾人进行结构化问卷调查。描述性统计使用SPSS version 20进行研究。研究发现，残疾人士在旅游目的地的设施和构筑物上面临障碍。旅游业的障碍包括缺乏收入、公众的消极态度和物理障碍，如缺乏适应的厕所设施、桌椅、轮椅使用者无法进入的路线、无法爬上人行道和缺乏天篷人行道。这项研究证实了残疾人士在旅游目的地所面临的挑战。重新设计旅游设施，为残疾人士提供更方便的资源，可消除残疾人士在旅游方面面临的障碍，为这一群体创造更大的社会包容。
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