Life Strategies of the Parents of Children with Intellectual Disabilities in the Context of Mixed Social Situations

• Authors: Jakub Niedbalski
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

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.

Keywords

EN

Disability; Parents; Children; Stigma; Mixed Social Situations

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Łódzki. Wydawnictwo Uniwersytetu Łódzkiego
• Journal: Qualitative Sociology Review
• Year: 2021
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 176-194

Dates

published

2021-02-08

Contributors

author

Jakub Niedbalski

• University of Lodz, Poland

• https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2803-7628

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Identifiers

DOI

10.18778/1733-8077.17.1.11