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标题："It's not like I have a disability or anything!" Perceptions of impairment and disability among rural, young people
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作者：Lisa Bourke ; Catherine Waite
期刊名称：Disability Studies Quarterly
印刷版ISSN：2159-8371
出版年度：2013
卷号：33
期号：3
DOI：10.18061/dsq.v33i3.3261
语种：English
出版社：The Ohio State University Libraries
其他摘要：Understandings of disability and impairment among the general public influence how people without disability interact with those with disability. This paper explored how disability and impairment are understood by young people living in six rural communities in southeast Australia, including the perspectives of those with and without a disability. Of the 172 rural young people surveyed, 6% self-identified as having a disability, 7% were categorised as ‘at risk’ of mental ill-health and almost half reported some type of impairment or health condition. Using various measures, young people’s responses reflected key discourses of disability, including dimensions of impairment, social judgement and limited function, and a blending of the medical and social models. These same young people separated the terms impairment and disability, embedding stigma in the latter. The study concluded that these rural communities need to reconstruct understandings of disability so as to support young people with disability and/or impairment.
关键词：Disability; impairment; rural; young people; stigma and mental illness
其他关键词：Disability;impairment;rural;young people;stigma and mental illness