IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
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The definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03) Representation of people with intellectual disabilities in a British newspaper in 1983 and 2001. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 22. 65-76.1REPRESENTATION OF PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUALDISABILITIES IN A BRITISH NEWSPAPER IN 1983 AND 20012Penny Wilkinson and Peter McGillTizar IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03d Centre, University of KentThis research was conducted by the first author in partial fulfilment of the requirements of the MSc degree in Analysis anIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
d Intervention in Learning Disabilities. Correspondence to Penny Wilkinson, Psychology and Challenging Needs Service, Kingston Primary Care Trust, RosThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03s: Intellectual disability, autism, newspapers, mediaWord count: 5754 (excluding references and tables)3STRUCTURED SUMMARYBackground Media representation of people with intellectual disabilities may contribute to general perceptions held about them and reflect changes in policy and service provision IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03.Materials and Methods Articles from The Guardian newspaper in 2001 were analysed and compared to a previous analysis of material published in 1983. RIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
esults There was much more coverage of people with autism or Down syndrome than expected from their actual frequency in the British population of peopThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03ot when about people with other intellectual disabilities. Medically-related representations were less than in the past but juxtaposition with other client groups continued. More “people-first” terminology was now used except in respect of people with autism. Articles systematically under-represente IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03d complexity and severity of need. Conclusions Policy and service changes may have contributed to the decline of medically- and child-related represenIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
tations within non-specific intellectual disabilities. The continued over-representation of children in articles about autism and Down syndrome, and tThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03sabilities. The focus on people with less severe or complex disabilities echoes criticisms of Valuing People.4INTRODUCTIONThe 21st Century is bringing ideals of acceptance and equality to the lives of people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The English White Paper Valuing People: A IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03New Strategy for Learning Disability’ for the 21st Century (2001) sets out four key principles: rights, independence, choice and inclusion. In his forIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
eword, the British Prime Minister states that it is his goal for people with intellectual disabilities to be as valued as other members of society (DeThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03ity and fairness at its centre and is entitled The Same as You? (Scottish Executive, 2000). Is this a realistic aspiration if people with intellectual and developmental disabilities are not seen to be the same as everyone else?How people perceive other societal groups is important for many reasons. IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03In a 1985 response to the House of Commons Social Sen ices Committee report on community care (DHSS, 1985), the government acknowledged the importanceIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
of creating positive attitudes toward people with intellectual disabilities for successful community integration. Public perceptions of disabled peopThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03lationship between public attitudes toward intellectual disabilities and the practices within that country that has an impact on the quality of life of these individuals (Siperstein, 2003). The success of 'community care' depends on, at least tacit, community support.5https://khothuvien.cori!Public IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03perceptions may, however, be of “handicapped individuals ... as deviant” (Wolfensberger p.13, 1972). Wolfensberger stated that “handicapped individualIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
s" are often 'prescribed' socially deviant roles as: subhuman organism; menace; object of dread or pity; holy innocent; diseased organism; object of rThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03he role of 'a menace', for example, they will be treated in ways consistent with that role and may even 'live up' to those expectations (Wolfensberger, 1972). Therefore, positive attitudes may be unlikely and community integration unsuccessful. Moscovici (1984) developed the theory of 'social repres IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03entations' to explain why people are cast into certain roles. Social representations are ways of understanding and communicating what we know about soIPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
mething. As such (hey are relatively stable over time and resistant to change though Wagner et al. (1996) argue that they are structured in terms of aThe definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009) IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03fferences.How does this leave the idea that perceived roles around people with intellectual disabilities will change and they will become The Same as You? If the task is to change common social representations then attention should be given to the means by which members of the public come to know ab IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03out intellectual disability. More positive attitudes may arise from increased contact with people with intellectual disabilities (Mamula & Newman, 197IPT2008_02_Phase3_TeamF_Final_Report_rev03
3) and may also be related to the language that people hear and see being used, k is6The definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009)The definitive version of this article is available at Mwy.blackweJ.l-. synerqy.com.This article should be cited as: Wilkinson, p. & McGill, p. (2009)Gọi ngay
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