Aaron J Jackson
Biographic Data
| ID | 171732 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Aaron J Jackson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Aaron J |
| FAMILY NAME | Jackson |
| SIGNATURE | JACKSON A J |
| AFFILIATIONS | La Trobe University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9725-5373 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Beyond a logic of choice
This article demonstrates the important role family narratives can play in providing ethical, person-centred support for people with severe intellectual disabilities living in supported accommodation. Focusing on the story of Daniel, a 65-year-old man residing in a group home in Australia, I illustrate, through the lens of his mother Arleen, how family narratives foreground those with intellectual disabilities as holders and makers of memories, o…
Attuned Fathering and the Moral Dimensions of Caregiving
Individuals with severe cognitive disabilities are often thought to be born with limited interpersonal capacity, rendering their emotional lives inaccessible. Family caregiving for individuals under these circumstances is portrayed in the contemporary literature variously as ranging from being a positive transformative experience to being a burden. If we focus on the experience of caregiver burden, we see communication or language issues can comp…
Between us
This article situates an analysis of facilitated decision-making in the lived relational experience of caring for someone with a profound intellectual disability. Drawing from the experiences of a father and daughter residing in Boston, Massachusetts, I highlight the emotional dynamics and expressions of ableism that reverberate through social institutions and intersubjective relationships in shaping actions and practices around decision-making s…
Worlds of Care
California Series in Public Anthropology
Embodied Spaces, Cosmopolitanism and Corporeal Diversity
Drawing on my experiences caring for my disabled son and views from the parenting/disability blogosphere, this article illustrates a second-person phenomenology of disability. Parents’ lived experiences of disability and the embodied knowledge they acquire through intimate acts of caregiving provide important insights into the diversity of human embodiment and the Othering practices that foreclose our capacity to connect with and understand other…
Attuned Fathering and the Moral Dimensions of Caregiving
Individuals with severe cognitive disabilities are often thought to be born with limited interpersonal capacity, rendering their emotional lives inaccessible. Family caregiving for individuals under these circumstances is portrayed in the contemporary literature variously as ranging from being a positive transformative experience to being a burden. If we focus on the experience of caregiver burden, we see communication or language issues can comp…
Between us
This article situates an analysis of facilitated decision-making in the lived relational experience of caring for someone with a profound intellectual disability. Drawing from the experiences of a father and daughter residing in Boston, Massachusetts, I highlight the emotional dynamics and expressions of ableism that reverberate through social institutions and intersubjective relationships in shaping actions and practices around decision-making s…
Embodied Spaces, Cosmopolitanism and Corporeal Diversity
Drawing on my experiences caring for my disabled son and views from the parenting/disability blogosphere, this article illustrates a second-person phenomenology of disability. Parents’ lived experiences of disability and the embodied knowledge they acquire through intimate acts of caregiving provide important insights into the diversity of human embodiment and the Othering practices that foreclose our capacity to connect with and understand other…
Embodied Spaces, Cosmopolitanism and Corporeal Diversity
Drawing on my experiences caring for my disabled son and views from the parenting/disability blogosphere, this article illustrates a second-person phenomenology of disability. Parents’ lived experiences of disability and the embodied knowledge they acquire through intimate acts of caregiving provide important insights into the diversity of human embodiment and the Othering practices that foreclose our capacity to connect with and understand other…
Worlds of Care
California Series in Public Anthropology
Attuned Fathering and the Moral Dimensions of Caregiving
Individuals with severe cognitive disabilities are often thought to be born with limited interpersonal capacity, rendering their emotional lives inaccessible. Family caregiving for individuals under these circumstances is portrayed in the contemporary literature variously as ranging from being a positive transformative experience to being a burden. If we focus on the experience of caregiver burden, we see communication or language issues can comp…
Between us
This article situates an analysis of facilitated decision-making in the lived relational experience of caring for someone with a profound intellectual disability. Drawing from the experiences of a father and daughter residing in Boston, Massachusetts, I highlight the emotional dynamics and expressions of ableism that reverberate through social institutions and intersubjective relationships in shaping actions and practices around decision-making s…
Beyond a logic of choice
This article demonstrates the important role family narratives can play in providing ethical, person-centred support for people with severe intellectual disabilities living in supported accommodation. Focusing on the story of Daniel, a 65-year-old man residing in a group home in Australia, I illustrate, through the lens of his mother Arleen, how family narratives foreground those with intellectual disabilities as holders and makers of memories, o…
Sociology (5 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Disability Rights and Representation (3 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works) · Anthropology (2 works) · Art (2 works) · Embodied cognition (2 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (2 works) · Gender Studies (2 works)