De sociala konstruktionerna av hög ålder och funktionsförmåga
Exemplet Intellektuellt Funktionshinder
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10757109 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Veronica Lövgren (0000-0001-9590-777X, Umeå University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-64 |
| Publication date | 2014-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Sociologisk Forskning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0038-0342 • E-ISSN: 2002-066X |
| Publisher | Sociologisk Forskning, Swedish Sociological Association (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.37062/sf.51.18307 |
| OpenAlex | W4298461454 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 11 |
The social constructions of old age and ability – the example of intellectual disabilityThe aim of this article is to analyse and discuss constructions of old age as they are reflected in disability research with the focus on ageing and what it means to be elderly. The results of this study show three tendencies. First, the consequences of the impairment tend to be at forefront in studies of experiences of ageing among persons with intellectual disabilities. This obscures the fact that people with intellectual disabilities partake in a common idealisation of youthfulness that often contains ambivalence towards old age. Second, the concept of old age in disability research embraces significantly wider chronological age groups than those considered in ageing studies. Third, both disability and ageing research tend to use a late modern perspective of individualization as a way to illustrate new options and strategies, including resistance against stigmatisation. This article illustrates that social constructions of disability and old age are tightly interwoven, and constitute negations of normatively defined ideals of normality in a society where ability are highly regarded
Ageing · Ambivalence · Developmental psychology · Intellectual disability · Negation · Normality · Perspective (graphical · Sociology · Aging and Gerontology Research · Gender Studies · Medicine · Psychology · Retirement, Disability, and Employment · Social Psychology
Growing up and growing old
Disability Rights and Wrongs
The faces of intellectual disability. Philosophical reflections
Outside the System
Factors of importance in the world of work for young people with intellectual disabilities
Disabled Women and Reproductive Rights
The exclusion of older people in disability activism and policies — A case of inadvertent ageism
Ageing Adults with Intellectual Disabilities
Ageism and Age Categorization
The role of theory in disability research -springboard or strait-jacket
Social Identities Across the Life Course
| Citations per year | 0.08 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2014 - 2014 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |