The Distinct Value of Occupational Therapy in Supported Employment of Adults with Intellectual Disabilities

Coakley, Kathryn E.; Bryze, Kimberly

doi:10.15453/2168-6408.1424

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“…Within the small number of studies located conducted by Occupational Therapists it was suggested that both OT specific assessments (Coakley and Bryze, 2018) and OT specific work programs (Smith et al, 2010) could benefit individuals moving towards or in employment.…”

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“…Within the small number of studies located conducted by occupational therapists, it was suggested that both occupational therapy-specific assessments (Coakley and Bryze, 2018) and occupational therapy-specific work programs (Smith et al, 2010) could benefit individuals moving towards or in employment. However, only Ineson's (2015) single UK-based case study research explored supporting a person with a severe IDD into employment.…”

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‘Never think doing a job is easy’: The lived experience of work for people who have an intellectual and developmental disability

Ramsey

Cameron

Harrison

et al. 2022

British Journal of Occupational Therapy

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Introduction The proportion of people with an intellectual or developmental disability (IDD) in paid employment is low internationally despite policy efforts. Evidence suggests multiple and varied explanations for this, including organisational, social and personal barriers. That evidence has not focused on first-person experiences which may provide a depth of understanding and explanation of the work-related experiences of people with IDD. Method A hermeneutic phenomenological approach and an exploratory research method of a ‘creative collaborative partnership’ was adopted to illuminate the work-related experiences of six people with a mild IDD. Findings Six work stories composed of narratives and visual images were collaboratively created revealing a complex range of positive and negative experiences and perspectives of paid work. Five collective narrative frames emerged: the quest ‘to do’, navigating bureaucratic seas, finding a good fit, forging of identity and finding both friend and foe. Conclusion The collaborators’ stories highlighted that individuals supporting people with IDD towards or in work, including occupational therapists, need to adopt a nuanced systemic perspective of the context surrounding the person. This includes identifying allies and allowing people with IDD to decide how (if at all) they describe their IDD status to others as they establish their worker identity.

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