The invisibility of disability for homeless youth

Datos Bibliográficos

ID20408652
AutoresStephanie Baker Collins (0000-0001-7941-5513, McMaster University, autor de correspondencia), Ann Fudge Schormans (0000-0002-7892-3599, McMaster University), Lisa Watt (0000-0002-3231-4093, McMaster University), Becky Idems (0000-0003-2142-0445, McMaster University), Tina E Wilson (0000-0002-9528-4768, McMaster University)
Año2018
Volumen27
Número2
Páginas99-109
Fecha de publicación2018-07-03
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Social Distress and the Homeless (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1053-0789 • E-ISSN: 1573-658X
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/10530789.2018.1480892
OpenAlexW2805550099
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas9
Referencias citadas25

A largely unexplored complexity in the lives of youth who have experienced homeless is the presence of intellectual, developmental and/or learning disabilities. Although emerging research shows that youth with cognitive disabilities are more likely to become homeless and that rates of cognitive disabilities are higher among the homeless population than the population in general, exploring the intersection of disability and homelessness for youth has not been a priority. In this study, a critical disability and systems failure lens is brought to bear on the vulnerability of youth who experience this intersection. Based on interviews with key informants in the disability, homelessness, education, employment and child welfare sectors in three sites in Ontario, Canada, the invisibility of disability among homeless youth is brought to light. We explore the ways youth with a disability in the homelessness sector are made vulnerable, the insurmountable barriers to getting access to the requisite assessment for disability services and the siloed nature of the homelessness and disability service sectors. An argument is made that “working outside the box” to assist youth to navigate significant system disjunctures is insufficient

Intellectual disability · Invisibility · Political science · Population · Psychiatry · Sociology · Welfare · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Homelessness and Social Issues · Housing, Finance, and Neoliberalism · Medicine · Psychology · Gerontology