Mediators of Inclusion

Adults with mild intellectual disability (MID) often rely on professionals and family for support, giving caregivers the power to control many aspects of their daily lives This extends to research, where investigators wanting to include adults with MID must seek the cooperation of caregivers. This chapter features data from a qualitative study conducted in London, Ontario, that explored independence, sexuality, and social relationships in 15 adults with MID, six family caregivers, and six professionals. Key findings discussed here include the ways in which caregivers influence socio-sexual relationships in adults with MID, the challenges to including adults with MID in research, and the experiences of adults with MID as study participants. These findings contribute new insights to the disability literature that explores research inclusion in adults with MID, as well as the nature of socio-sexual life among these adults, whose first-hand experiences are rarely included in qualitative research.

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Onder het oppervlak van alledaagse zorg (deel II)

KWALON ◽

10.5117/2016.021.002.006 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 21 (2) ◽

Author(s):

Michael Kolen ◽

Guus Timmerman ◽

Frans Vosman

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Young People ◽

Institutional Ethnography ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Mild Intellectual Disability ◽

Institutional Influences ◽

The Everyday ◽

Institutional Impact ◽

Everyday Interaction

Below the surface of everyday care (Part II): Working with the underwater screen in the analysis of research on interaction between lvb youth and their caregivers In our qualitative research project we look at the everyday interaction between young people with a mild intellectual disability and their caregivers, and we are interested in the institutional impact on the everyday dealings. We have developed an analysis tool that helps identify these institutional influences. In addition, we have used the research methodology Institutional Ethnography. This tool also offers opportunities for other areas of research, because it sensitizes the researchers for the ruling relations that shape the everyday interaction between people. In Part 1 of this article (KWALON 2015, 3), we describe the development of our underwater screen. In this article (Part 2), we discuss the operation of the instrument.

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School-Based Sexual Violence Among Female Learners With Mild Intellectual Disability in South Africa

Violence Against Women ◽

10.1177/1077801212444578 ◽

2012 ◽

Vol 18 (3) ◽

pp. 309-321 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Tlakale Nareadi Phasha ◽

Doris Nyokangi

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Sexual Violence ◽

Sex Education ◽

Developmentally Appropriate ◽

Mild Intellectual Disability ◽

School Practices ◽

School Based ◽

Qualitative Research Methodology ◽

Common Misconceptions

Following qualitative research methodology, this article presents school-based sexual violence experiences of female learners with mild intellectual disability. A total of 16 learners aged 16 to 24 years participated in the study. The findings revealed that learners with intellectual disability are not immune to school-based sexual violence. Modes of behavior that occurred frequently included touching, threats, and intimidation. School practices that reinforced school-based sexual violence are identified. The findings contradict common misconceptions that people with intellectual disability do not understand what is happening to them. The study recommends that school policies for sexual violence be intensified and learners receive developmentally appropriate sex education.

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Concerns and Support after One Year of COVID-19 in Austria: A Qualitative Study Using Content Analysis with 1505 Participants

International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health ◽

10.3390/ijerph18158218 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 18 (15) ◽

pp. 8218

Author(s):

Yvonne Schaffler ◽

Afsaneh Gächter ◽

Rachel Dale ◽

Andrea Jesser ◽

Thomas Probst ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Content Analysis ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Online Survey ◽

Vulnerable Groups ◽

Daily Lives ◽

Written Responses ◽

Health Related ◽

The Government ◽

One Year

The COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent governmental restrictions have had a major impact on the daily lives of Austrians and negatively affected their mental health. A representative sample of N = 1505 individuals was recruited via Qualtrics® to participate in an online survey between 23 December 2020 and 4 January 2021. A qualitative study design was used to determine the problem areas that emerged since the beginning of the pandemic (question 1), the factors that were the source of the greatest current concern (question 2), the biggest worries when thinking about the future (question 3), and what the most important source of support (question 4) during the pandemic was. The written responses were analyzed using conventional content analysis following a framework for qualitative research and reported in the form of descriptive statistics. Restrictions imposed by the government, sociopolitical developments, work- and health-related issues, and economic disruptions were identified as being the greatest concerns. Conversely, social contacts within and outside the family were the most important source of support, followed by recreational activities and distraction. Greater consideration should be given to psychosocial factors in future decisions to contain the pandemic. More detailed qualitative research, in particular, to collect the personal experience of more vulnerable groups such as young people, women, and the unemployed, is needed.

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Experiences of service users with a mild intellectual disability or borderline intellectual functioning with Flexible Assertive Community Treatment: A qualitative study

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities ◽

10.1111/jar.12723 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 1005-1015

Author(s):

Laura Neijmeijer ◽

Chris Kuiper ◽

Hans Kroon ◽

Robert Didden

Keyword(s):

Intellectual Disability ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Assertive Community Treatment ◽

Intellectual Functioning ◽

Community Treatment ◽

Service Users ◽

Mild Intellectual Disability ◽

Borderline Intellectual Functioning

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Using Forums and Message Boards to Recruit Study Participants in Qualitative Research

The Qualitative Report ◽

10.46743/2160-3715/2014.1002 ◽

2014 ◽

Author(s):

Peter Weslowski

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Job Search ◽

The Internet ◽

Research Experience ◽

Job Seekers ◽

Message Boards ◽

Internet Forums ◽

Study Participants ◽

Use Of Internet

The following observations have emerged from the author’s research experience involving the recruitment of focus group participants for a qualitative study on job search behaviors using technology. It is argued that Internet forums and message boards provide researchers with a robust approach to recruiting participants for qualitative study purposes. Advantages and characteristics of online communities are outlined to inform future practices based on the experience of engaging job-seekers who frequent a career advice board on the Internet. Challenges and limitations inherent to this methodology are also explored with techniques offered for maximizing the effectiveness of future recruitment. Use of Internet forums and message boards as objects of research versus as research tools is distinguished throughout. The paper contributes to a growing body of knowledge about harnessing the Internet to inform and support qualitative research.

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Od nastoletniego macierzyństwa do życia w dorosłości w wypowiedziach kobiety z niepełnosprawnością intelektualną

Interdyscyplinarne Konteksty Pedagogiki Specjalnej ◽

10.14746/ikps.2017.17.06 ◽

2018 ◽

pp. 99-116

Author(s):

Aleksandra Mach

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Intellectual Disabilities ◽

Implementation Research ◽

Teenage Pregnancy ◽

Electronic Device ◽

Adult Woman ◽

Mild Intellectual Disability ◽

Difficult Situation ◽

Financial Situation

Maternity in the case of women with intellectual disabilities is exposed to many factors hindering its implementation. Research on this occurrence shows that one of the main reasons for that is insufficient or inept support for this group of women in different areas, such as educational, financial, informative, emotional. Teenage mothers with disabilities are in a particularly difficult situation. The article presents the analysis of statements of an adult woman with mild intellectual disability on her experience of teenage pregnancy as well as maternity as an adult woman. The humanistic attitude of giving the floor to the respondent allowed to determine other meaningful matters in the woman’s life (among others: relationships with life partners, relationship with the mother, vision of the future, financial situation) The methodology of research used was qualitative research. Two open interviews took place 8 months apart. The interviews were recorded to an electronic device. The material obtained was later transcribed. Triangulation of the sources was included (two family assistants were interviewed).

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Onder het oppervlak van alledaagse zorg

KWALON ◽

10.5117/2015.020.003.038 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 20 (3) ◽

Author(s):

Michael Kolen ◽

Guus Timmerman ◽

Frans Vosman

Keyword(s):

Qualitative Research ◽

Intellectual Disability ◽

Institutional Ethnography ◽

Analysis Tool ◽

Mild Intellectual Disability ◽

Care Relationship ◽

Institutional Influences ◽

The Everyday ◽

Institutional Impact ◽

Everyday Interaction

Under the surface of everyday care. On the development of an underwater screen, an instrument that identifies institutional influences on the everyday care relationship Under the surface of everyday care. On the development of an underwater screen, an instrument that identifies institutional influences on the everyday care relationship In our qualitative research project we look at the everyday interactions between young people with a mild intellectual disability and their caregivers, and we are interested in the institutional impact on the everyday dealings. We have developed an analysis tool that helps to identify these institutional influences. In addition, we have used the research methodology institutional ethnography. This tool also offers opportunities for other areas of research, because it sensitizes the researchers for the ruling relations that shape the everyday interaction between people.

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Gendered differences in emigration and mobility perspectives among European researchers working abroad

MIGRATION LETTERS ◽

10.33182/ml.v7i1.178 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 33-41 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Elisabeth Scheibelhofer

Keyword(s):

United States ◽

Qualitative Research ◽

Qualitative Study ◽

Social Relations ◽

The United States ◽

Research Strategy ◽

The Future ◽

Highly Skilled

This paper focuses on gendered mobilities of highly skilled researchers working abroad. It is based on an empirical qualitative study that explored the mobility aspirations of Austrian scientists who were working in the United States at the time they were interviewed. Supported by a case study, the paper demonstrates how a qualitative research strategy including graphic drawings sketched by the interviewed persons can help us gain a better understanding of the gendered importance of social relations for the future mobility aspirations of scientists working abroad.

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