scholarly journals The Othering of Older People in Disability Policies

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (Supplement_1) ◽  
pp. 135-135
Author(s):  
Hakan Jonson
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Older People ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Legal Discourse ◽  
Severe Disability ◽  
Support Needs ◽  
Court Decisions ◽  
General Belief ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Working Age

Abstract Disability policies in Sweden rest on the idea that all humans have equal value and a goal of policies has been to enable persons with disabilities to be able to live like other members of society, but older people do not seem to be included as part of this goal. The presentation concerns the Swedish support system’s legal discourse, and investigates the rationale for excluding people over the age of 65 from services that younger people with disabilities may obtain. Data consists of government texts and court decisions under the Severe Disability Act about services for people over the age of 65. It was found that little in the legal discourse concerns the needs and rights of older people, and the general belief is that the Severe Disability Act is primarily intended for children, young people, and adults of working age. The legal discourse contained a type of “residual ageism” that was justified through the indirect construction of older people as different. Othering of older people was present in assumptions about differences in categorizations (people with disabilities vs older people with support needs), needs (active age vs not active age), and comparisons (with people without disabilities of the same age vs with others receiving eldercare). The presentation outlines potential changes of these policies.

Complex Social, Medical, Psychological, and Educational Support for People with Disability Act (IDEA)

2017 ◽  
pp. 86-90 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Young People ◽  
Social Integration ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Social Adaptation ◽  
Educational Support ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
People With Disability

For young people with disabilities the start of university study is equal to the first step towards social integration as their previous stages of education took place in institutions of segregation type. It happens in the situation of crisis of transition from educational space to another. Meanwhile, institutions of primary, secondary and higher education reflect the acting model the psychological and pedagogical integration of persons with disabilities in society. Inclusion of persons with disabilities is regarded as a stage of their getting social adaptation and integration.

scholarly journals Sexual and reproductive health services utilisation amongst in-school young people with disabilities in Ghana

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akwasi Kumi-Kyereme
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Reproductive Health ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Sexual And Reproductive Health ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Health Concern ◽  
Reproductive Health Services ◽  
Special Schools ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Targeted Interventions

Background: Sexual and reproductive health (SRH) of young people including those with disabilities is a major public health concern globally. However, available evidence on their use of sexual and reproductive health services (SRHS) is inconsistent.Objective: This study investigated utilisation of SRHS amongst the in-school young people with disabilities (YPWDs) in Ghana using the healthcare utilisation model.Methods: Guided by the cross-sectional study design, a questionnaire was used to obtain data from 2114 blind and deaf pupils or students in the age group 10-24 years, sampled from 15 purposively selected special schools for the deaf and the blind in Ghana.Results: About seven out of every 10 respondents had ever utilised SRHS. The proportion was higher amongst the males (67.8%) compared with the females (62.8%). Young persons with disabilities in the coastal (OR = 0.03, 95% CI = 0.01–0.22) and middle (OR = 0.06, 95% CI = 0.01–0.44) zones were less likely to have ever utilised SRHS compared with those in the northern ecological zone. The blind pupils or students were more likely to have ever utilised SRHS than the deaf (OR = 1.45, 95% CI = 1.26–3.11).Conclusions: Generally, SRHS utilisation amongst the in-school YPWDs in Ghana is high but significantly associated with some predisposing, need and enabling or disabling factors. This underscores the need for policymakers to consider in-school YPWDs as a heterogeneous group in the design and implementation of SRHS programmes. The Ghana Education Service in collaboration with the Ghana Health Service should adopt appropriate pragmatic measures and targeted interventions in the special schools to address the SRH needs of the pupils or students.

scholarly journals Willingness of youth without disabilities to have romantic love and marital relationships with persons with disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Bewunetu Zewude ◽  
Tewodros Habtegiorgis
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Economic Status ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression ◽  
Romantic Love ◽  
Marital Relationships ◽  
Binary Logistic Regression Analysis ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Attitudinal Barriers ◽  
Low Expectations

AbstractPeople with disabilities face attitudinal barriers including prejudice, stereotypes, and low expectations. Many young people without disabilities may doubt that people with disabilities can be fulfilling partners in any loving adult relationship. The objective of the present research was to assess the willingness of non-disabled youth to engage in conjugal relationships with persons with disabilities in Wolaita Sodo town, Ethiopia. Both descriptive and explanatory study designs were used and quantitative data were collected. A self-administered questionnaire was designed and distributed to randomly selected 403 (202 females & 201 males) unmarried youth. Data analysis was undertaken using SPSS software in which both descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were utilized for data presentation. The result showed that most (85.5%) of the young people without disabilities participated in the survey were not willing to have any type of personal relationships with persons with disabilities and the main reason for 44.2% of these respondents being the fear of reaction from family members. Furthermore, it was found that the level of willingness of youth without disabilities to engage in romantic love and marital relationships was not influenced by the socio-economic status of people with disabilities. Moreover, the result of binary logistic regression analysis showed that the willingness of respondents to have marital and romantic love relationship with persons with disabilities is significantly associated to the sex (OR = 2.376; P < 0.05; 95%CI = 1.210, 4.664), raised-up area (OR = 2.512; P < 0.01; 95%CI = 1.319, 4.783), age (OR = 2.886; P < 0.05; 95%CI = 1.012, 8.228) and the presence of person with disability in the family (OR = 3.945; P < 0.01; 95%CI = 1.648, 9.442) of respondents. The findings of the present research demonstrate that people with disabilities have continued to face stereotypes and discriminations. Such stereotypes extend to assuming them as asexual and unfit to carryout roles that arise from love or marital relationships which violates the rights of PWDs to form their own family and have children. It is therefore, important to raise the awareness of young people about the differences between disability and sexuality and that physical disability has nothing to do with sexuality and relationship formation.

scholarly journals Haruskah Aku Bekerja? (Studi Fenomenologi Keputusan Bekerja pada Pemuda Penyandang Disabilitas di Empat Wilayah di Jawa Tengah)

2019 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 34
Author(s):  
Fuji Riang Prastowo ◽  
Irmaningsih Pudyastuti ◽  
Bangkit Rygen Dewantara
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Growth And Development ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Field Research ◽  
Youth With Disabilities ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Central Java ◽  
Marginal Group ◽  
Depth Interviews ◽  
Central Java Province

Coping is one form of strategy to deal with stigma and all forms of social pressure that lead obstacles to the growth of young people with disabilities. In this case, coping can be interpreted as a person's effort to overcome the obstacles experienced with certain strategies.  In the context of persons with disabilities, the community often views persons with disabilities as a weak marginal group as being dependant to family so that there is no demand to work like humans in general. In addition, there are little opportunity for them to work in the formal sectors causes many of them to be coping with their own efforts for being independent. Therefore, this paper seeks to explore more about coping strategies carried out by youth with disabilities to decide to work. This paper comes from the results of field research with phenomenological qualitative methods in May-June 2018 through FGD and in-depth interviews conducted in four regions in Central Java Province namely Demak Regency, Semarang City, Semarang Regency, and Boyolali Regency. The results of the study indicate that the decision to work or not work from young people with disabilities comes from the response of external factors. Coping is then born into three level : the appraisal-focused level, emotions (the emotion-focused), and actions (problem-focused), which are not linear but can occur differently for each individual depending on the context of growth and development.

scholarly journals PERCEPTION OF ADAPTATION OF A SPATIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR SUCCESSFUL MOVEMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 20-25
Author(s):  
Izeta Husić-Đuzić ◽  
◽  
Ševala Tulumović ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Selection Method ◽  
Arithmetic Mean ◽  
Central Tendency ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
P Values ◽  
Significant Difference ◽  
Spatial Environment ◽  
Parametric And Nonparametric Statistics

The aim of the paper is to show differences in the accessibility of the environment between young people with disabilities and young people without disabilities. The sample of respondents consisted of two sub-samples. The first sub-sample was composed of young people with disabilities, chronologically aged 18-35, both sexes 50 of them. The second subsample consisted of young people without disabilities, chronologically aged 18-35, both sexes 50 of them, selected by random selection method from the Tuzla Canton area. The data obtained by the research were processed using the method of parametric and nonparametric statistics. Frequencies, percentages and measures of central tendency are calculated (arithmetic mean, standard deviation). To investigate the differences between the tested variables, p-values were used, and variance analysis was used to test the significance of the differences. The obtained results showed that there is a statistically significant difference in the adaptability of space and the accessibility of the environment between young people with disabilities and young people without disabilities. Young people with disabilities are the worst evaluators of the accessibility of public transport and the environment, and the best evaluators of accessibility of housing.

scholarly journals RETROSPECTIVE ANALYSIS OF PRIMARY DISABILITY FOR PERSONS OF A WORKING AGE DUE TO THE NERVOUS SYSTEM DISEASES DURING THE 2014–2018 PERIOD IN MOSCOW

2019 ◽  
Vol 315 (6 (315)) ◽  
pp. 7-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
A.G. Samusenko ◽  
N.S. Zapariy
Keyword(s):  
Nervous System ◽  
Young People ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Federal District ◽  
Nervous System Diseases ◽  
Persons With Disabilities ◽  
Aged People ◽  
Primary Disability ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Russian Federation

We found a decrease in the number of first-recognized persons with disabilities due to the nervous system diseases among people of working age in both Moscow and the Central Federal District in the Russian Federation in the study of primary disability due to the nervous system diseases among people of working age in Moscow during the 2012–2018 period. Young people with disabilities prevailed in Moscow, middle-aged people with disabilities dominated in the Russian Federation in the first-recognized persons with disabilities structure due to the nervous system diseases among people of working age. The proportion of young people with disabilities in the first-recognized persons with disabilities structure in Moscow is higher than in the Central Federal district and the Russian Federation, and the proportion of the average age ones is lower. The level of primary disability among young people in Moscow is lower than in the Central Federal district and the Russian Federation. There is a predominance of disabled persons of group III among young people and groups I and II among middle-aged people in the first-recognized persons with disabilities structure. The level of primary disability of groups I, II and III due to the nervous system diseases is higher among middle-aged people.

Sociological Analysis of Attitudes of Professional Growth and Career in the Context of Digital Economy and Knowledge Society

2020 ◽  
pp. 12-24
Author(s):  
O. Ya. Gelikh ◽  
A. N. Levitskaya ◽  
N. N. Pokrovskaia
Keyword(s):  
Young People ◽  
Professional Growth ◽  
Empirical Studies ◽  
Knowledge Society ◽  
Professional Community ◽  
Economic Life ◽  
Entrepreneurial Activity ◽  
Sociological Analysis ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Media

A sociological analysis of the factors of integration of young generations into active economic life is based on a study of the values of young people in relation to employment and professional growth. The information society has two key parameters that influence the construction of the trajectory of educational, professional, labor or entrepreneurial activity — the significant role of knowledge in creating value and the digital space as a source of information and the place for individuals to fulfill themselves in society and the social and professional community. A theoretical analysis of labor socialization allows researchers to move on to the results of empirical studies carried out with the participation of authors in 2017 and 2019-2020. The data obtained are evaluative in nature and allow authors to draw conclusions about the influence of the media space on young people entering working age taking decisions on choosing a profession and a form of economic activity, planning employment and career growth.

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