The meaning of 'choice and control' for people with intellectual disabilities who are planning their social care and support

By: Williams, Val.
Contributor(s): Porter, Sue.
Series: Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities 30 (1) January 2017: 97-108. 2017Disc region: text file PDF rda.Content type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resource Subject(s): INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY | PERSONALISED SUPPORT | INDIVIDUALISED FUNDING | DECISION MAKING | SUPPORTED DECISION MAKING | INDEPENDENCEOnline resources: Read this Article Summary: Questions consumerist assumptions in current English social care policy and aims to look behind the processes of personalization to interrogate what 'choice and control' means in the lives of a diverse group of people with intellectual disabilities. Data were from multiple interviews and direct practice recordings with nine people using personal budgets and were analysed using an interpretative approach. Identity, other people and personal budget processes were all important for choice and control. People needed to build confidence in themselves as decision-makers, both through peer support and through joint decisions with trusted others.
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Questions consumerist assumptions in current English social care policy and aims to look behind the processes of personalization to interrogate what 'choice and control' means in the lives of a diverse group of people with intellectual disabilities. Data were from multiple interviews and direct practice recordings with nine people using personal budgets and were analysed using an interpretative approach. Identity, other people and personal budget processes were all important for choice and control. People needed to build confidence in themselves as decision-makers, both through peer support and through joint decisions with trusted others.

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