ABSTRACT

Background: People with Intellectual Disability (ID) in Sweden should be enabled to live like others. This life like others is realised in group homes that have little in common with the typical home.

Method: A reading of Appiah’s As if is used to discuss how people with ID are supported in Sweden. Current national data are presented within the framework of idealisation, the use of (useful) untruths to navigate a complex context.

Results : Small group homes should allow people with ID to communicate their preferences and exert real influence over how support is provided. Instead, times of budget austerity require the efficient use of resources in ever larger settings, where normalisation of deviance is prevalent.

Conclusions : Although the stated aim is that people with ID live like others, the idealisation is rather that they live as if they live like others. This is generally not discussed, possibly due to de-differentiation.

摘要

背景：瑞典的智障人士（ID）应该能够像其他人一样生活。像其他家庭一样，这种生活是在与典型家庭几乎没有共同点的集体住宅中实现的。

方法：阅读Appiah的“仿佛”来讨论瑞典如何为具有ID的人提供支持。当前的国家数据是在理想化框架内提供的，使用（有用的）真相来导航复杂的环境。

结果 ：小型家庭住宅应允许具有身份的人们交流他们的喜好，并对提供支持的方式产生真正的影响。取而代之的是，预算紧缩时期要求在越来越大的环境中有效使用资源，在这种情况下，偏差的标准化非常普遍。

结论 ：尽管陈述的目标是人ID活得像人的理想化，比较他们生活，仿佛他们活得像人。通常不讨论此问题，可能是由于去分化。