The Depiction of Mothers with Intellectual Disability
Critical Discourse Analysis of Parenting Capacity Assessments
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12362802 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Sibusiso Moyo (0009-0006-7742-9333, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St-John’s, Canada), Laura Pacheco (0000-0002-0344-4091, School of Social Work, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St-John’s, Canada, corresponding author), Marjorie Aunos (0000-0002-0565-3065, IASSID, Parenting SIRG Chair, Montréal, Canada) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 35 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 41-57 |
| Publication date | 2024-04-04 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Progressive Human Services (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1042-8232 • E-ISSN: 1540-7616 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10428232.2024.2338311 |
| OpenAlex | W4393935329 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 35 |
The negative construction of parenting with an intellectual disability has been ostensive in society for decades. One of the ways in which this construction is sustained is through texts that legitimize ableist ideologies. The aim of this study was to use critical discourse analysis of parenting capacity assessments to identify the ways in which mothers with intellectual disability (ID) are constructed and how this construction was used to make decisions in their lives. Four discursive patterns were identified: mothers with ID as deficient, damaged, and defensive, professionals know best, appearing to be bad mothers and love does not conquer all. The results of this study have implications for social justice scholarship
Critical discourse analysis · Depiction · Developmental psychology · Ideology · Intellectual disability · Linguistics · Political science · Psychiatry · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Family and Disability Support Research · Family Support in Illness · Law · Philosophy · Psychology
Sociologies of Disability and Illness
Discourse and social change
Notifying Neglect
Disabled Mothering? Outlawed, Overlooked and Severely Prohibited
Expanding Ableism
Able or unable
Social work, poverty, and child welfare interventions
This changes everything
The silence is roaring’
Intellectual disabilities, challenging behaviour and referral texts
The identities and social roles of people with an intellectual disability
Stereotypes, parents with intellectual disability and child protection
Critical discourse analysis and nominalization
Esoteric Discourse Analysis
Performing motherhood in a disablist world
Representations of Women Subjected to Violence
Social inequality, ‘the deviant parent’ and child protection practice
Unfit and cast aside
Parenting under pressure
The devolution of eugenic practices
| Citations per year | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |