Possibility and Risk in Encounter between People with and without Intellectual Disability

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Title: Possibility and Risk in Encounter between People with and without Intellectual Disability
Language: English
Authors: Wiesel, Ilan, Bigby, Christine (ORCID 0000-0001-7001-8976), Kamstra, Peter (ORCID 0000-0003-3934-1403), Farmer, Jane (ORCID 0000-0003-1730-2622)
Source: Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability. 2021 46(1):35-44.
Availability: Taylor & Francis. Available from: Taylor & Francis, Ltd. 530 Walnut Street Suite 850, Philadelphia, PA 19106. Tel: 800-354-1420; Tel: 215-625-8900; Fax: 215-207-0050; Web site: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 10
Publication Date: 2021
Document Type: Journal Articles
Reports - Research
Descriptors: Risk, Intellectual Disability, Friendship, Risk Management, Reputation, Inclusion, Community Involvement, Community Services
DOI: 10.3109/13668250.2020.1837606
ISSN: 1366-8250
Abstract: Background: Unpredictability, the risk of harm and possibility of rewards, are integral elements of encounter. Risk literature offers insight on the complex ways in which risk perceptions and attunements shape behaviours and interactions in encounter between people with and without intellectual disability. Method: The paper draws on risk literature, encounter literature, and examples from the authors' previously published studies on encounter and work integrated social enterprises. Results: Encounters between people with and without intellectual disability are shaped by perceptions of possible rewards and harms skills and experience in attunement to risk signals; disposition towards, and strategies of, risk aversion, management or enablement and environmental attributes of encounter settings. Conclusions: There is a need to shift community and disability services' understanding of risk in encounter, by developing a positive appreciation of encounter risk, and development of risk enablement strategies that are learned through experiential practice.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2021
Accession Number: EJ1289165
Database: ERIC
Full text is not displayed to guests.
Description
Abstract:Background: Unpredictability, the risk of harm and possibility of rewards, are integral elements of encounter. Risk literature offers insight on the complex ways in which risk perceptions and attunements shape behaviours and interactions in encounter between people with and without intellectual disability. Method: The paper draws on risk literature, encounter literature, and examples from the authors' previously published studies on encounter and work integrated social enterprises. Results: Encounters between people with and without intellectual disability are shaped by perceptions of possible rewards and harms skills and experience in attunement to risk signals; disposition towards, and strategies of, risk aversion, management or enablement and environmental attributes of encounter settings. Conclusions: There is a need to shift community and disability services' understanding of risk in encounter, by developing a positive appreciation of encounter risk, and development of risk enablement strategies that are learned through experiential practice.
ISSN:1366-8250
DOI:10.3109/13668250.2020.1837606