ABSTRACT

Background: The study reported here investigated the views of staff who worked with adults with intellectual disability regarding the likely future of such adults.

Method: Staff were provided with a short vignette portraying an adult with intellectual disability and asked to describe that individual’s future in five years and then to indicate the likelihood of the individual’s participation in aspects of adult life reflecting life as typically experienced by age peers in the general population.

Results: Responses suggested that staff did not expect the adults with intellectual disability to have the same experiences as their peers, although responses to direct questions about participation were more positive than those to the vignette.

Conclusions: While choice was seen to be an important determinant of future activity by some staff, others did not see the individual with intellectual disability having a great deal of agency in determining the direction of their life.

摘要

背景：此处报告的研究调查了与智障成年人一起工作的员工对这些成年人可能的未来的看法。

方法：向工作人员提供了一个描绘一名智障成年人的简短小插图，并要求他们描述该人五年后的未来，然后表明该人参与反映该地区同龄人典型生活的成人生活各个方面的可能性。总人口。

结果：回应表明，工作人员没想到智障的成年人有同样的遭遇作为他们的同龄人，虽然关于参与直接的问题的反应是比那些暗角更加积极。

结论：虽然一些员工认为选择是未来活动的重要决定因素，但其他人认为智障个人在决定他们的生活方向方面没有很大的自主权。