Dickinson Danielle, Hutchinson Nick
Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull, Hull, UK.
J Appl Res Intellect Disabil. 2019 May;32(3):691-705. doi: 10.1111/jar.12564. Epub 2019 Feb 4.
Theatre companies to show positive capabilities and identities of people with intellectual disabilities have been established. Existing research focuses upon sole theatre performances and rarely includes the impacts on those in the immediate and wider contexts of people with intellectual disabilities.
The impacts of a theatre company on understandings and perceptions of intellectual disabilities from multiple perspectives were explored. Interviews with members with intellectual disabilities (n = 14), and focus groups with significant people in their lives (n = 11) and community supporters (n = 10) were conducted and analysed using thematic analysis.
Four superordinate and nine subordinate themes were identified. The theatre company increased members' connectivity, allowed them to experience parts of life they are often excluded from, and enabled growth for all participants, leading to a desire to extend the theatre company's ethos elsewhere.
The importance of such organisations to improve perceptions of people with intellectual disabilities is emphasized.
已经成立了一些剧团来展现智障人士的积极能力和身份认同。现有研究主要聚焦于单一的戏剧表演，很少涉及对智障人士直接及更广泛生活环境中其他人的影响。
从多个角度探讨了一个剧团对智障理解和认知的影响。对智障成员（n = 14）进行了访谈，并对他们生活中的重要人物（n = 11）和社区支持者（n = 10）进行了焦点小组访谈，并采用主题分析法进行分析。
确定了四个上位主题和九个下位主题。剧团增强了成员之间的联系，让他们体验到自己通常被排除在外的生活部分，并促进了所有参与者的成长，从而产生了将剧团理念推广到其他地方的愿望。
强调了这类组织对于改善对智障人士看法的重要性。
