ABSTRACT

Background

This is a qualitative case study of Sara, a 32-year-old black woman with nonfluent aphasia.

Aims

Based on critical disability theory and poststructuralist approaches, we analyse the relationship between speech-language therapy and labour inclusion as founded in normalcy expectations.

Methods and Procedures

The data were collected mainly at home and during therapy. The participants included Sara, her mother, her father, a speech-language pathologist, and a possible employer.

Main Contributions

Sara’s interactions are structured in spatial repertoires that assemble diverse elements into communication and not only linguistic structures. However, these assemblages do not represent accepted adult ways of communication, and therapy is focused on repairing broken linguistic skills for normalization as a requirement for labour inclusion. Sara’s therapy is a biopower practice that limits her possibilities for labour inclusion and life projects.

Conclusions

We reconceptualize the therapy as encuentros for collective dialogue and imagined communities’ emergence. This reconceptualization is a must for changing the field and participation patterns of people with aphasia in the society.

中文翻译：

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失语症和劳动包容：治疗、生物动力和 encuentros

摘要

背景

这是 Sara 的定性案例研究，她是一名 32 岁的黑人女性，患有非流利性失语症。

目标

基于批判性残疾理论和后结构主义方法，我们分析了基于正常期望的语言治疗与劳动包容之间的关系。

方法和程序

数据主要是在家中和治疗期间收集的。参与者包括萨拉、她的母亲、她的父亲、语言病理学家和可能的雇主。

主要贡献

Sara 的互动是在空间曲目中构建的，这些曲目将不同的元素组合成交流，而不仅仅是语言结构。然而，这些组合并不代表公认的成人交流方式，治疗的重点是修复受损的语言技能，以使其正常化，这是劳动包容的要求。Sara 的治疗是一种生物动力实践，限制了她参与劳动包容和生活项目的可能性。

结论

我们将治疗重新概念化为集体对话和想象社区出现的encuentros 。这种重新概念化是改变失语症患者在社会中的领域和参与模式的必要条件。