A Collaborative Action Research about Making Self-Advocacy Videos with People with Intellectual Disabilities

Auteur(s)

  • Ann-Louise Davidson

Référence

A Collaborative Action Research about Making Self-Advocacy Videos with People with Intellectual Disabilities. Social Inclusion. 2015. Volume 3, Issue 6. 12 pages

Soutien(s) financier(s)

  • Concordia University

Domaines de recherche appliquée

Thématiques

Incapacités

Zones géographiques

Résumé de l'auteur

This article presents the results of a collaborative action research conducted with people living with intellectual disabilities (ID) who were going through a community integration process. To be successfully integrated into a community, they need to develop basic life skills as much as they need to learn to use mobile technologies for authentic interactions (Davidson, 2012) and to be self-advocates online (Davidson, 2009a). This study used the Capability Approach pioneered by Sen (1992) and Nussbaum (2000), which focusses on what people can do rather than on their deficiencies. I recruited a group of eight people with ID who wished to set goals, engage in developing new capabilities, share their goals and act as models for others with ID who want to learn to live on their own. In this article, I examine the process of developing self-advocacy videos with mobile technologies using the Capability Approach and I analyze the inventory of capabilities collected through this study. I provide recommendations for intervention through mobile technologies with the long term-goal of helping people with ID to become contributing citizens. I discuss the innovative action research methodology I used to help people with ID become self-advocates and take control of the messages they give through producing their own digital resources.

Commentaire du Centre Ressources

Cet article se base sur une recherche collaborative auprès d’un groupe de personnes en situation de handicap intellectuel participant activement à la production de vidéo pour la promotion des personnes handicapées.
Cet article est intéressant, car il montre que les personnes handicapées peuvent travailler dans des projets liés aux nouvelles technologies et que leur apport permet de rendre un travail plus adapté aux personnes handicapées. De plus, cet article montre que les personnes handicapées qui ont travaillé sur ce projet se sont épanouis, qu’elles en ont retiré de la fierté. Cette recherche montre que l’inclusion des personnes handicapées dans des projets liés aux nouvelles technologies est gagnant-gagnant.
Cet article intéressera à la fois les personnes qui défendent l’insertion des personnes handicapées dans le monde du travail et les employeurs qui pourront voir la plus-value apportée par les personnes handicapées.
 
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This article is based on a collaborative research conducted with people living with an intellectual disability who participate actively in producing videos for the advancement of people with disabilities. This paper is interesting because it shows that people with disabilities can work on projects linked to new technologies and also that their input enables a production that is more adapted to their specific needs. This article also highlights the fact that the disabled people who worked on this project were proud to work on it. This research shows that the inclusion of people with disabilities on new technology-related projects is a win-win proposition. This article will be relevant to people who work for the integration of people with disabilities in the workplace, and to employers, in demonstrating the benefits provided by people with disabilities.
 

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