Life Strategies of the Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in the Context of Mixed Social Situations
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This paper aims to analyze the phenomenon of the managing of the stigma of a child’s disability by their parents using the concept of stigma by Erving Goffman and utilizes qualitative techniques with special emphasis on unstructured interviews.Abstract:
This paper aims to analyze the phenomenon of the managing of the stigma of a child’s disability by their parents. Using the concept of stigma by Erving Goffman, I point to its usefulness in understanding the management of stigma by parents of children with intellectual disabilities in the context of mixed social situations. The research utilizes qualitative techniques with special emphasis on unstructured interviews. The data analysis was performed following the procedures of the grounded theory. As studies have shown, parents of children with disabilities adopt various strategies and tactics during the encounters with other persons and institutions while dealing with everyday hardships.read more
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