ERIC Number: EJ1468919
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2025-Mar
Pages: 12
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ISSN: ISSN-1360-2322
EISSN: EISSN-1468-3148
Available Date: 2025-03-10
My Life: A Photovoice Exploration of Aspirations of People with Intellectual Disabilities
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, v38 n2 e70027 2025
Background: This study aimed to evaluate the everyday ways that individuals with mild and moderate intellectual disabilities exercise choice and control. Method: Photovoice with 17 adults with mild to moderate intellectual disability who were receiving individual funding was conducted. Focus groups were held to review the photos. Findings: While some participants directed the activity they had chosen, others appeared to have been restricted to activities planned and organised by the service provider. Many participants took photos of locations rather than activities. In these cases, the locations they photographed represented their identity or something that was personally meaningful to them. This illustrated the individuals' power to create spaces and/or travel to places that are important to them. Conclusions: It is important to understand how certain activities facilitate choice and control. A critical examination of real choice compared with generic activities framed as choice continues to be needed.
Descriptors: Mild Intellectual Disability, Moderate Intellectual Disability, Adults, Aspiration, Photography, Self Determination, Foreign Countries, Activities, Needs
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Australia
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Author Affiliations: 1Centre for Disability Studies, Research Affiliate of the University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia