Open AccessO λόγος των επαγγελματιών υγείας και εκπαίδευσης για την αναπηρία
Author(s) -
Βασιλική Χουχούλη,
Χριστίνα Αθανασιάδου,
Ευγενία Γεωργάκα
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
psychologia: to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias/psychologia. to periodiko tīs ellīnikīs psychologikīs etaireias
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2732-6640
pISSN - 1106-5737
DOI - 10.12681/psy_hps.23625
Subject(s) - discourse analysis , context (archaeology) , identity (music) , sociology , work (physics) , qualitative research , public relations , pedagogy , health professionals , public discourse , rehabilitation , health care , gender studies , psychology , political science , social science , politics , law , mechanical engineering , paleontology , philosophy , linguistics , physics , acoustics , engineering , biology , neuroscience
Defining disability is a complex issue that has fuelled public debates between the scientific community and the representatives of organizations of people with disabilities. Within the above controversy, key persons are undoubtedly health and education professionals, who are responsible for the diagnosis, care and treatment of people with disabilities. The study aims to highlight the dominant discourses these professionals use when they talk about disability as well as the consequences these discourses have on their personal and professional lives. Overall, ten health and education professionals, working in different diagnostic, educational and rehabilitation centers fordisabled children in the wider region of Thessaloniki, were individually interviewed. Data analysis followed the qualitative method of post-structural discourse analysis. Three major discourses were found: the medical discourse, the humanitarian discourse and the stigmatization discourse. The above discourses have important implications (a) for the development of the participants’ professional identity and the way they manage the difficulties and rewards of their work, and (b) for the formation of the institutional practices on disability that are used within their work context.