Autorstwo Życia a Niepełnosprawność  Ponawiane Odczytywanie Idei Normalizacji

Autores de sus propias vidas en personas con discapacidad (AOL-PwD). De las fuentes y el constructo teórico al diseño de etapas y procedimientos de investigación

“…It discusses important issues, such as: historical and contemporary approaches toward disability, general current trends-paradigm formulation, Disability Studies as a scientific discipline, Disability Studies as a field of study, interdisciplinary empirical analysis of the phenomenon of disability, research analysis in the positivist orientation, research analysis in the humanistic orientation, selected concepts of recognition of the phenomenon of disability, perspective of the normalization of life of people with disabilities, and academic training preparing for working with people with disabilities. The development of AOL-PwD concept fits in with all the research and teaching activities and events listed as well as with the theoretical and empirical analyses performed to date (Głodkowska, 2014a(Głodkowska, , 2014d(Głodkowska, , 2015. This article's purpose is to present a theoretical basis and identify meaning contexts for AOL-PwD concept as well as to frame methodological arrangements related to designing research stages.…”

“…(2) contemporary model of rehabilitation and subjective paradigm of support; (3) conditions for enabling people with disabilities to have independent life; (4) positive image of people with disabilities; (5) personalistic approach to disability; and (6) idea of wellbeing corresponding to the phenomenon of disability (e.g. Głodkowska, 2002Głodkowska, , 2003Głodkowska, , 2005Głodkowska, , 2012Głodkowska, , 2013Głodkowska, , 2014aGłodkowska, , 2014bGłodkowska, , 2014cGłodkowska, , 2014dGłodkowska, , 2015Głodkowska, , 2017.…”

“…The renewed interpretation of the idea of normalization in the light of positive psychology and vitalism made it possible to focus on aspects that promote the development of human wellbeing and give human life a fundamental meaning (Głodkowska, 2014a). Those studies concluded with observation that the normalization of life does not mean being normal, but creates an opportunity for unconditional belonging to society for people with disabilities.…”

“…The interpenetration of these ideas and research concepts became the source of a new conceptual category (i.e. the authorship of their own lives in people with disabilities; hereafter AOL-PwD) (Głodkowska, 2014a(Głodkowska, , 2014d. Bringing authorship dimensions to one's life acquires a special character and significance in the case of various limitations, including disabilities as well.…”

Diversity in education and the phenomenon of subtle marginalisation and infrahumanisation

“…15 context of people with disabilities, Magdalena Bełza states that "political correctness requires a good attitude towards people with disabilities, so it is easy to hear positive assessments of this group of people, but actions reveal the true nature of this attitude, revealing feigned anti-discrimination attitudes. 17 As the author further notes, the infrahumanisation of people with disabilities results in reactions of instinctive attribution of a certain stereotype, induced by the appearance of a prime, i.e. a signal specific to a given category.…”