Concerns Regarding the Use of the Vulnerability Concept in Research on People with Intellectual Disability

Autor/in	Snipstad, Øyvind Ibrahim Marøy
Titel	Concerns Regarding the Use of the Vulnerability Concept in Research on People with Intellectual Disability
Quelle	In: British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 50 (2022) 1, S.107-114 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Snipstad, Øyvind Ibrahim Marøy)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1354-4187
DOI	10.1111/bld.12366
Schlagwörter	Intellectual Disability; Attitudes toward Disabilities; Victims; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Research; Research Projects + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Intellect; Disability; Disabilities; Verstand; Behinderung; Victim; Opfer; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Forschung; Forschungsvorhaben
Abstract	Background: People with intellectual disability are often defined as a vulnerable group. The feminist philosopher Jackie Scully argues that vulnerability is often associated with qualities such as immaturity, helplessness, victimhood, passivity and so forth. As research is a social activity, the qualities associated with vulnerability affect researchers' decisions about who to include and exclude from their research project as well as influencing their interpretations of the research participants' answers, behaviour and actions. This may result in excluding people with intellectual disability from research or that their ways of being becomes interpreted as mere symptoms of their diagnosis rather than subjective opinions and experiences. Conclusion: By addressing these issues through the work of Norwegian philosopher Hans Skjervheim, this paper contests traditional interpretations of vulnerability and instead argues that vulnerability should be related more specifically to each individual research project and prompt questions such as: How do we protect these particular participants from harm? (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01