Making visible the prevalence of self-identified disability among youth experiencing homelessness
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20408619 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephanie Baker Collins (0000-0001-7941-5513, McMaster University, corresponding author), Ann Fudge Schormans (0000-0002-7892-3599, McMaster University) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 16-24 |
| Publication date | 2023-01-02 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1053-0789 • E-ISSN: 1573-658X |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10530789.2021.1940719 |
| OpenAlex | W3173303522 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 23 |
The study of youth homelessness has explored important intersections of homelessness with the child welfare, education, criminal justice, and mental health sectors. An invisible intersection in this research is the intersection of disability and homelessness, particularly intellectual, developmental, and learning disabilities for youth experiencing homelessness. The Partnering for Change research project has examined this intersection through an environmental scan of the multiple service sectors that interact with youth who have a disability and are homeless, through conversations with front-line workers and with youth and finally through the collection of quantitative data that confirms the over-representation of youth who identify as having a disability among homeless youth. This article reports on the prevalence of a range of disabilities among youth who are homeless in three sites in Southern Ontario. Not only is the prevalence of disabilities much higher than in the population at large, it is also the case that the average number of disabilities is much higher than in the youth population in Canada. Implications for needed changes in the service sector and for future research are outlined
Environmental health · Mental health · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Welfare · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Psychology · Social Work Education and Practice
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Demographic predictors of experiences of homelessness among lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, gender-diverse and queer-identifying (LGBTIQ) young people in Australia
A qualitative analysis of housing and homemaking for people labelled/with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada
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The invisibility of disability for homeless youth
Disability Discourse
Models and measurement in disability
Self-presentations and intellectual disability
Managing Multiple Disadvantages
Social Identity and People with Learning Difficulties
The identities and social roles of people with an intellectual disability
Doing Disability
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2023 - 2025 (3) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |