This paper explores how more or less relationally oriented forms of professional practices could be expressed in collaborations between young people living with bodily impairments and their multiprofessional teams. The analysis was based on life‐mode interviews with young people (16–20 years), individual and focus group interviews with the professionals and participant observation in team meetings. Drawing on sociocultural perspectives on participation and the workings of power, different discourses, subject positions and participatory strategies were recognised and related to the participation of the young people. Finally, the relevance of the findings for practice is reflected on in a participation rights perspective.

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This paper explores parents' perspectives on their involvement in their children's transitions to adult life and services in the context of young adults with disabilities in Norway. Based on semi-structured interviews, the accounts of seven parents were analyzed by applying a sociocultural framework. Informed by reflexive thematic analysis and considering personal, interpersonal, and cultural-institutional aspects of the parents' accounts, six themes of parental involvement were generated. It was shown how these parents operate within current cultural norms and practices of prolonged, intensive and autonomy-supportive parenting, and how these practices can come into conflict with norms of increased youth independence practiced in demanding institutional transitions. The findings also illustrate how sociocultural practices of stigmatization and marginalization can pose a particular challenge for youth with disabilities and their parents. Finally, we argue that a contextualized conception of parental involvement could widen the space for collaboration between youth with disabilities, parents, and professionals.