Interdependence
The Pathway to the Inclusion of People with Intellectual Disabilities and Immigrant Disability Support Workers
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3615366 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Deanna Joyce Neri (University of Alberta, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 64 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2022-05-10 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Anthropologica (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0254-9212 • E-ISSN: 2224-6428 |
| Publisher | University of Toronto Press (PUBLISHER • CA) |
| DOI | 10.18357/anthropologica6412022757 |
| OpenAlex | W4280536938 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Friendship and social connections generally improve quality oflife and well-being. However, research shows that people with intellectualdisabilities face challenges forming and maintaining friendships. Disabilitysupport workers play an indispensable yet under-recognized role indeveloping friendships with people with intellectual disabilities. Becausedisability support workers are disproportionately immigrant women, as theyfacilitate the inclusion of their clients, they too experience social isolation.After conducting in-depth interviews with disability support workers livingin Edmonton, Canada, for my master's thesis project, I offer the followingobservations. First, staff and clients became friends with one another in partdue to weak family ties and limited social networks. Second, relationships thatfelt genuine helped staff better understand their clients and gave the staff adeeper sense of purpose in life. Third, the context, environment, and frequencyof meetings were essential for the development of friendships. Fourth,friendships among people both with and without disabilities were crucial forcommunity development. Overall, based on these interviews I suggest thatgenuine friendships between people with intellectual disabilities and careworkers can help foster a sense of belonging and are integral to community-building. My research also suggests that the meaning of friendship ought tobe expanded beyond current understandings
Context (archaeology) · Face (sociological concept) · Friendship · Immigration · Inclusion (mineral) · Intellectual disability · Meaning (existential) · Political science · Social isolation · Social science · Social support · Sociology · Disability Rights and Representation · Family and Disability Support Research · Homelessness and Social Issues · Psychology · Social Psychology
Equality, Freedom, and/or Justice for All
Law's Relations
Care as the Work of
Liberalism and Individually Scripted Ideas of the Good
African immigrant women’s experience in western host societies
Home, Work and the Shifting Geographies of Care
The Culture of Politics
Philosophical Inclusive Design
RoundTrip
What Is a Friend? An Exploratory Typology of the Meanings of Friendship
Does Canada "Care" about Migrant Caregivers
The paradox of friendship
Care as social organization
Migrant Filipina Domestic Workers and the International Division of Reproductive Labor
Of fear and friendship
Friendship, bitching, and the making of ethical selves
Beyond the suffering subject
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |