Characteristics of Studies in an Environment of Persons with Intellectual Disability-Ethical and Methodological Deliberations

• Authors: Jakub Niedbalski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The purpose of the article is to show the difficulties that are encountered by a researcher dealing with the problems of persons with intellectual disability. The article stresses some notions related to ontological and epistemological issues, the source of which are questions about the possibilities and manner of exploring mental handicap. They refer not only to the broadly-understood problems of handicap and the methodological consequences of identifications, but also the manner of diagnosis and analysis that are characteristic of particular fields of science. The article raises the notions related to a field researcher’s workshop, difficulties in data acquisition, the emotional context of exploring the environment of persons with disabilities, as well as the ethical and moral dilemmas that provide an indispensable element of such a research undertaking.

Keywords

EN

intellectual disability; field studies; methodological problems; ethical dilemmas

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
• Journal: Polish Sociological Review
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 202
• Issue: 2
• Pages: 279-299

Dates

published

2018-06-18

Contributors

author

Jakub Niedbalski

• University of Lodz

Identifiers

DOI

10.26412/psr202.08