Who am I? Women with learning difficulties (re)constructing their self‐identity

Barron, Karin

doi:10.1080/15017410209510783

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“…The interviewees with IDs demand respect for making their own decisions of everyday lives. This transition from an ascribed passive identity to an identity of independence has been called a 'resistance identity' in accordance with Manuel Castells' theory (Barron 2002;Svensson and Tideman 2007). However, the women and men with IDs do not discuss parenthood as a way of achieving adult status.…”

Section: Parenthood and The Status Of Being Grown-upmentioning

confidence: 92%

“…For those who I contacted through a personal connection, we discussed the fact that somebody else knew that they were going to participate in this study (c.f. Barron 2002). In this article, personal information and any other information that can be linked to the interviewees have been omitted or changed.…”

Section: Empirical Materials and Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Their way of not considering parenthood may be seen in the light of a societal discourse where they are discouraged from becoming parents. Karin Barron (2002) concludes that people with IDs are often told how difficult parenthood is and that such a message is easily internalized. This is in agreement with an Icelandic study showing that women with IDs know about the difficulties of parenthood, both because of their impairment and because of their low societal status, which contributes to their decision not to have children (Bjö rnsdó ttir and Traustadó ttir 2010).…”

Section: Reflections On the Reasons Given For Not Having Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Research has so far been more occupied with parents with IDs and the societal resistance towards them than with women and men with IDs who choose not to become parents. However, Karin Barron (2002) has interviewed some Swedish women with IDs who explained their childfreeness in terms of the importance of freedom and how they did not want more assistance in their lives, which would be necessary if they had children. Showing different life choices among people with IDs and elucidating the heterogeneity within this category of people is important (c.f.…”

Section: Historical Background On Parenthood For Disabled Individualsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Childfreeness, parenthood and adulthood

Engwall

2013

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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This article discusses voluntary childlessness and reaching adulthood in Sweden, focusing on childfree women and men with intellectual disabilities (IDs). The article is based on interviews with 19 childfree individuals, four of whom had IDs. It focuses on motives for voluntary childlessness, with three types of motives being mentioned only by the interviewees with IDs; namely the difficulties of parenthood and of building relations with children, the risk of heredity and the maliciousness of children. The interviews have been analysed with relevance to power axes of gender, age and abilities, and these three motives may be seen as results of the interviewees' ascribed position as intellectually disabled and of the segregation in society between able and disabled individuals. The article also includes a discussion about how to achieve 'adult status' when parenthood is ruled out. Other issues in everyday life seem more important than parenthood, according to the individuals with IDs.

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Section: Parenthood and The Status Of Being Grown-upmentioning

confidence: 92%

Section: Empirical Materials and Methodological Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Reflections On the Reasons Given For Not Having Childrenmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Historical Background On Parenthood For Disabled Individualsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Childfreeness, parenthood and adulthood

Engwall

2013

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

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“…Interviewers have the advantage as they initiated the meeting and largely control the content of the conversation (Mishler, 1986). An additional complication is that several of the respondents have On the outskirts of normality 259 intellectual disabilities which require researchers to provide the interviewees with clear and concrete information about the study's purpose, focus and consequences, and to be aware of effects of interviewers (Barron, 2002;McVilly, 1995;Taylor & Bogdan, 1998;Rapley et al, 1998). We have in various ways tried to handle this issue by repeatedly providing as concrete information as possible.…”

Section: Ethical Considerationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

On the outskirts of normality: Young adults with disabilities, their belonging and strategies

Olin

Jansson

2009

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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During the last decades, the living conditions for young people with disabilities have changed dramatically in Sweden, as well as in other parts of the Western world. The boundaries between what is considered normal as opposed to different have become less clear as a result of these changes. This has been followed by new problems regarding integration and changing patterns of marginalization. The aim of this study was to gain a deeper understanding of the ways in which young adults' social identity is shaped by their dual belongings: to the category of individuals with disabilities as well as to mainstream society. In-depth interviews were carried out with 15 young adults with mental disabilities and mild intellectual disabilities occasionally combined with various forms of social problems. The analysis focused on the ways in which the young adults related to what they describe as normal and different as well as their strategies for navigating between them. The data was subsequently divided into three categories: Pragmatic Navigators, Critical Challengers, and Misunderstood Rebels, which refl ect the ways in which the respondents describe themselves and the perspective they have developed to manage their existence.

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Choice, Relationships, and Sexuality: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

Löfgren-Mårtenson

2020

Choice, Preference, and Disability

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Who am I? Women with learning difficulties (re)constructing their self‐identity

Cited by 29 publications

References 6 publications

Childfreeness, parenthood and adulthood

Childfreeness, parenthood and adulthood

On the outskirts of normality: Young adults with disabilities, their belonging and strategies

Choice, Relationships, and Sexuality: Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights

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