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Tenorio, Marcela; Aparicio, Andrés; Arango, Paulina Sofía; Fernández, Ana Karen; Fergusson, Alfonso; Turull, Jaime; Pizarro, Ricardo – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: People with intellectual disability in Chile face individual and collective barriers to social participation. Lack of knowledge about their rights and tools for effective self-advocacy seem to be key elements that need to be improved to facilitate participation. Method: We present PaísDI, a 16 h long manualised program created by…
Descriptors: Feasibility Studies, Program Effectiveness, Adults, Intellectual Disability
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Scior, Katrina; Cooper, Rebecca; Fenn, Kristina; Poole, Laurie; Colman, Sophie; Ali, Afia; Baum, Sandra; Crabtree, Jason; Doswell, Sophie; Jahoda, Andrew; Hastings, Richard; Richardson, Lisa – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: People with intellectual disabilities are at risk of experiencing stigma and require the skills and confidence to deal with stigma in their daily lives. Method: Development and piloting of a 5-session manualised psychosocial group intervention designed to increase the capacity of people with intellectual disabilities aged 16+ to manage…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Social Bias, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Coping
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Coates, Bethany; Jones, Tim – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2020
Background: This paper explores the experience of staff employed within forensic disability across Victoria in an attempt to better understand service needs in this field. The complex needs of individuals with disabilities involved in the criminal justice system or presenting with offence-related behaviours suggest that there is a requirement to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Crime, Disabilities, Employees