Center for the Disability Studies, Faculty of Social and Human Sciences, University of Iceland, Sturlugata, Reykjavík, Iceland.
Intellect Dev Disabil. 2009 Dec;47(6):436-46. doi: 10.1352/1934-9556-47.6.436.
There are many barriers to social participation in Iceland for people with intellectual disabilities. This article builds on qualitative research with young adults with intellectual disabilities. The purpose of this article is to develop an approach where the struggles over the meaning of social participation of people with intellectual disabilities are seen as social strategies. In the article, the authors suggest that people with intellectual disabilities are carving out a space where intellectual disability is gaining higher social status. They also posit that people with intellectual disabilities use several social strategies in the emerging field of self-advocacy for the purpose of improving their social position. Thus, the article contributes to a new social understanding of disability and how people with disabilities gain authority over their lives and experiences.
冰岛的智障人士在社会参与方面面临许多障碍。本文基于对智障青年的定性研究。本文的目的是提出一种方法，将智障人士对社会参与意义的斗争视为社会策略。在本文中，作者认为智障人士正在开拓一个空间，在这个空间中，智障人士的社会地位正在提高。他们还假设，智障人士在新兴的自我倡导领域中使用了几种社会策略，目的是提高他们的社会地位。因此，本文有助于对残疾和残疾人如何获得对自己生活和经历的权威的新的社会理解。
