The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility
The paper is intended to show a system of institutional care for people with intellectual disabilities, which is characterized by a kind of ambivalence. The whole disquisition is based on two fundamental and dichotomous categories: control and subordination versus autonomy and independence. Each of...
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| description | The paper is intended to show a system of institutional care for people with intellectual disabilities, which is characterized by a kind of ambivalence. The whole disquisition is based on two fundamental and dichotomous categories: control and subordination versus autonomy and independence. Each of these categories is connected with one of two perspectives within which a residential care facility can be captured. The first one arises from Goffman’s vision of a total institution, where a unit is presented as an objectified subject of other people’s actions, revealing a situation of isolation and personal dependence. The second perspective presents a model of relationships between the personnel and their charges; it is characterized by an individualistic approach toward the needs of people with disabilities regarding their right to autonomy and self-determination. The confrontation between these two perspectives and areas of issues is discussed in this paper. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-1ca45369b720483f8e60747c7c4a35b12022-12-22T03:32:04ZengUniversity of LodzPrzeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej1733-80692022-05-01182728810.18778/1733-8069.18.2.0413497The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care FacilityJakub Niedbalski0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-7628University of LodzThe paper is intended to show a system of institutional care for people with intellectual disabilities, which is characterized by a kind of ambivalence. The whole disquisition is based on two fundamental and dichotomous categories: control and subordination versus autonomy and independence. Each of these categories is connected with one of two perspectives within which a residential care facility can be captured. The first one arises from Goffman’s vision of a total institution, where a unit is presented as an objectified subject of other people’s actions, revealing a situation of isolation and personal dependence. The second perspective presents a model of relationships between the personnel and their charges; it is characterized by an individualistic approach toward the needs of people with disabilities regarding their right to autonomy and self-determination. The confrontation between these two perspectives and areas of issues is discussed in this paper.https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/13597autonomycare facilitycontrolinstitutional careintellectual disabilityinterpersonal relationships |
| spellingShingle | Jakub Niedbalski The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility Przeglad Socjologii Jakosciowej autonomy care facility control institutional care intellectual disability interpersonal relationships |
| title | The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility |
| title_full | The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility |
| title_fullStr | The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility |
| title_short | The Institutional Conditions of the Life of People with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) in a Residential Care Facility |
| title_sort | institutional conditions of the life of people with intellectual disabilities id in a residential care facility |
| topic | autonomy care facility control institutional care intellectual disability interpersonal relationships |
| url | https://czasopisma.uni.lodz.pl/socjak/article/view/13597 |
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