Using the 'in-between' to build quality in support relationships with people with cognitive disability

The Significance of Liminal Spaces and Time

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ID3978256
AutoresSally Robinson (0000-0002-5768-0065, Flinders University, autor correspondente), Edward Hall (0000-0002-8228-6502, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland), Karen R Fisher (0000-0002-0828-6395, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, Australia), A Graham (0000-0002-9308-8536, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia), Kelley Johnson (0000-0003-3173-9409, UNSW Sydney), Kate Neale (0000-0002-3290-8561, Southern Cross University, Lismore, Australia)
Ano2023
Volume24
Fascículo1
Páginas175-194
Data de publicação2023-01-02
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessSim
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649365.2021.1950824
OpenAlexW3184320798
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas4
Referências citadas39

In a policy context of personalisation, disability support organisations recognise the increasingly contentious nature of clustering people according to disability. Instead, they are placing more emphasis on activities that promote community inclusion. Accordingly, the work between people with cognitive disability and their support workers is increasingly mobile. In this context, drawing on research using a conceptual framework based in recognition theory and social geography, this paper explores how the experience of liminal space-time influenced the working relationships between young people with cognitive disability and their support workers. It found that the pairs used liminal spacetime to build their relationships, creating conditions for mutual recognition to occur, whereby they experienced feeling cared about, respected and valued. These activities and negotiations were mediated at the institutional level by the policies and practices of the disability services. The significance of liminal moments were noted at the interpersonal level, both explicitly and tacitly; but not well taken account of at the institutional level. This disjuncture opens both opportunity and risk to young people and support workers. Appreciating the richness of liminal space-time for identity development opens the way for young people and support workers to use its productive potential

Aesthetics · Cognition · Context (archaeology · Feeling · Identity (music · Interpersonal communication · Liminality · Negotiation · Political science · Public relations · Social science · Sociology · Child Welfare and Adoption · Disability Rights and Representation · Healthcare innovation and challenges · Psychology · Social Psychology