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The significance of neighbours: views and experiences of people with intellectual disability on neighbouring
Author(s) -
Van Alphen L. M.,
Dijker A. J. M.,
Van Den Borne H. H. W.,
Curfs L. M. G.
Publication year - 2009
Publication title -
journal of intellectual disability research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.941
H-Index - 104
eISSN - 1365-2788
pISSN - 0964-2633
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2788.2009.01188.x
Subject(s) - apprehension , neighbourhood (mathematics) , intellectual disability , sociology , psychology , social integration , context (archaeology) , social psychology , geography , cognitive psychology , mathematical analysis , mathematics , archaeology , psychiatry , anthropology
Background People with intellectual disability (ID) who live in regular neighbourhoods have experiences with their neighbours, which are important to understand when studying social integration. Method This study describes and analyses the opinions on, and experiences with, neighbour relationships of 39 people with ID living in neighbourhood housing facilities. Results We found that, while the views of people with ID on ‘good neighbouring’ were consistent with ‘neighbouring’ described in sociological literature, their experiences may be influenced by an organisational context, the tendency to formalise relationships and apprehension towards meeting unfamiliar people. Conclusion Understanding influential factors to neighbouring for people with ID may shed light on the processes involved in social integration of people with ID at a neighbourhood level. This paper contributes to understanding the opinions of people with ID on satisfactory neighbourhood relationships, and explores opportunities to improve them.