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Subjectivity in groups of people with disabilities: Exploring the subjection-agency and the vision of the disabilities from the own living experience

Authors

  • Pamela Gutiérrez Universidad de Chile
  • Raúl Moya V. Clínica Los Coihues
  • Juan Pablo Saa A. Universidad de Washington
  • Nicole Yañez H. Centro de Salud Familiar Dra. Ana María Juricic
  • Javier Campos Policía de Investigaciones de Chile
Vol. 16 No. 1 (2016): Junio
https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2016.41951

Abstract

The concept of disability, defined as a social construct, comprises corporality, stereotypes, and behaviors of self-acceptance or rejection. Subsequent implications of disability at the personal and collective level demand an improvement in its professional comprehension and action. This study’s purposes are to explore the subjective constructions of people with disabilities who are members of groups of people with disabilities; and to describe how these constructions influence both occupations and the way people organize as members of groups of people with disabilities. Contact with participants, data collection, and data analysis were completed through key informants, semi-structured interviews, and the Categorical Content Analysis method, respectively. Results revealed two tendencies of group function that may coexist; the first relates to a demanding standpoint - that is, claiming what is believed to be a right; and the second to a problem-causing standpoint - or arguing what seems to be irrefutable -. Finally, subjective construction of individuals was understood as the fine line existing between the subjection-agency practices related to their disability, as well as the submission to normative models and/or the criticism towards infantilization and assistencialism.

Keywords:

Subjectivity, disability, group, subjection, agency

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Gutiérrez, P., Moya V., R., Saa A., J. P., Yañez H., N., & Campos, J. (2016). Subjectivity in groups of people with disabilities: Exploring the subjection-agency and the vision of the disabilities from the own living experience. Revista Chilena De Terapia Ocupacional, 16(1), 147–158. https://doi.org/10.5354/0719-5346.2016.41951
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Revista Chilena de Terapia Ocupacional
Facultad de Medicina
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