Meanings of home: an illustration of insideness and outsideness for two adults with developmental disabilities

Lashewicz, Bonnie; Noshin, Raidah; Boettcher, Nick; Tiifu, Faizah

doi:10.1080/02673037.2020.1796928

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“…There were also examples of people finding it difficult to move when they needed to. This is deeply problematic and reveals a lack of ambition in extending to people with learning disabilities the right to assign importance to where they live at different stages of their lives (Lashewicz et al, 2021).…”

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‘I wouldn't change my flat for anything’. Is there scope for more people with learning disabilities to rent their own homes?

Quilgars,

Leishman,

Abbott

et al. 2024

Brit J Learn Disabil

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BackgroundPolicy, research, and people's own experience in the UK consistently highlight the central importance of a home of choice for people with learning disabilities. Yet attention is mainly focused on the development of specialist as opposed to generic housing options for people with learning disabilities.MethodsThis article reviews the findings from a major research study looking at the rented housing sector for people with learning disabilities. The study comprised of a review of local authority learning disability strategies; a ‘national conversation’ with key stakeholders; and thirty‐five, qualitative interviews with people with learning disabilities who rent their own homes.FindingsThe research found that local learning disability strategies are lacking in information on rented housing for people. A national consultation identified a range of challenges in accessing rented housing for people wishing to do so. Interviews with people with learning disabilities renting their own place confirmed some of these problems but also, crucially, highlighted the success for most who rented their own home. People liked renting and were managing their tenancies well with relatively modest support.ConclusionsThe evidence points to the possible benefits of a greater focus on renting for people with learning disabilities.

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‘I wouldn't change my flat for anything’. Is there scope for more people with learning disabilities to rent their own homes?

Quilgars,

Leishman,

Abbott

et al. 2024

Brit J Learn Disabil

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“…The discussion in this article focuses on how restrictions implemented in care institutions for people with (mild) ID in response to the pandemic affected the experiences of clients, relatives, and care providers with the group home as a domestic setting. Safety, comfort, and control were chosen as guiding themes to focus the discussion because these notions are central to understandings of the meaning of home (Chapman & Hockey, 1999;Imrie, 2004;Lashewicz et al, 2021).…”

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COVID-19 as a Crisis of Confinement: What We Can Learn From the Lived Experiences of People With Intellectual Disabilities in Care Institutions

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While the COVID-19 crisis has affected people all around the world, it has not affected everyone in the same way. Besides glaring international differences, disparities in personal and situational factors have resulted in strikingly dissimilar effects even on people within the same country. Special attention is required in this regard for people with intellectual disabilities (ID) who are vulnerable to marginalization and precarization during crises as concerns over safety and public health are likely to trump consideration for inclusion and care. This article explores the lived experiences during the pandemic of people with ID living in care institutions in the Netherlands. Particular attention is paid to the challenges involved in living through periods of confinement and separation in what may be called “vulnerable spaces.” Drawing from interviews with individuals with a mild ID who have been restricted in seeing family and friends through the closed access of group homes to visits from outsiders, as well as interviews with their relatives and support workers, the article considers the ways in which stakeholders have responded to these spatial policies and negotiated the meaning of living space in times of crisis.

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A qualitative analysis of housing and homemaking for people labelled/with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada

O’Donnell,

Schormans,

Wilton

2024

Housing Studies

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Meanings of home: an illustration of insideness and outsideness for two adults with developmental disabilities

Cited by 3 publications

References 28 publications

‘I wouldn't change my flat for anything’. Is there scope for more people with learning disabilities to rent their own homes?

‘I wouldn't change my flat for anything’. Is there scope for more people with learning disabilities to rent their own homes?

COVID-19 as a Crisis of Confinement: What We Can Learn From the Lived Experiences of People With Intellectual Disabilities in Care Institutions

A qualitative analysis of housing and homemaking for people labelled/with intellectual disabilities in Ontario, Canada

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