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Dependency and family care of young adults with disabilities
Author(s) -
HIRST MICHAEL
Publication year - 1985
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1985.tb00467.x
Subject(s) - independence (probability theory) , dependency (uml) , residential care , young adult , psychology , sample (material) , independent living , personal care , gerontology , developmental psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , family medicine , statistics , mathematics , systems engineering , engineering , chemistry , chromatography
Summary This paper presents findings on the independence skills of young adults with severe disabilities obtained in a recent survey. Most young people in the sample were heavily dependent on others for help with personal care and mobility. Many also required a considerable amount of supervision because of severe behaviour disturbance. The main burden of daily care was borne by the young adults' mothers. Suggestions are made for fostering independence in self‐care and wider social skills.