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Forms of resistance in people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities

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posted on 2023-08-30, 18:05 authored by W. M. L. Finlay, Clare Nicholson, Steven D. Stagg
Government policy in the UK emphasises that people with intellectual disabilities should have the opportunity to make choices and exert control over their own lives as much as possible. The ability of a person to resist activities and offers is therefore important, particularly for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities, who are likely to have language impairments and need to communicate their choices non‐verbally. Video and ethnographic data were collected from two services for people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities. Examples of resistance by people with severe and profound intellectual disabilities and responses to that resistance by support workers were collected and examined using conversation analysis and ethnographic description. A range of non‐verbal resistance behaviours are described, and the difficulty for support workers in identifying resistance when behaviour is ambiguous is discussed. The importance of understanding these behaviours as examples of decision‐making is stressed.

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Refereed

  • Yes

Volume

43

Issue number

3

Page range

642-659

Publication title

Sociology of Health and Illness

ISSN

1467-9566

Publisher

Wiley

File version

  • Accepted version

Language

  • eng

Legacy posted date

2021-01-19

Legacy creation date

2021-01-19

Legacy Faculty/School/Department

Faculty of Health, Education, Medicine & Social Care

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