Open AccessLife Stories on the Social Image of Disability. An Educational Outlook
Author(s) -
Moisés Mañas Olmo,
Pablo Cortés González,
Beatriz Margarita Celada
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
qualitative research in education
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.222
H-Index - 2
ISSN - 2014-6418
DOI - 10.17583/qre.2020.6061
Subject(s) - medical model of disability , intellectual disability , narrative , field (mathematics) , inclusion (mineral) , identity (music) , disability studies , psychology , sociology , image (mathematics) , psychological resilience , narrative inquiry , pedagogy , social psychology , developmental psychology , gender studies , aesthetics , linguistics , philosophy , mathematics , artificial intelligence , psychiatry , computer science , pure mathematics
This paper forms part of the results of the ongoing doctoral thesis with the title Resilience and intellectual disability in residential environments using life stories. From a narrative and inclusive biographical approach, we delve deeper into the life history of four people who have been diagnosed with intellectual disability and who live in a residential environment in the city of Malaga (Spain). The field work was carried out using semi-structured and in-depth biographical interviews. The analysis reveals one of the conceptions that is a priority in this paper: the “social image” of disability, structured in three main areas for the purposes of this article: “the image of disability from social culture and identity”, “the image of disability from close contexts” and, lastly, “subversive experiences to the image of disability from inside”. In conclusion, there is a commitment to continue generating another social image of disability based on a more social and inclusive paradigm.