ERIC Number: EJ1284879
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Publication Date: 2021-Mar
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Exploring How Support Workers Understand Their Role in Supporting Adults with Intellectual Disabilities to Access the Internet for Intimate Relationships
Lines, Jason; Combes, Helen; Richards, Ruth
Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, v34 n2 p556-566 Mar 2021
Background: Some adults with intellectual disabilities need support to access the Internet. This study explores how support workers understand their role in facilitating Internet access for intimate relationships. Method: Eight support workers in the West Midlands of the UK were interviewed face-to-face, using semi-structured interviews and a thematic analysis was used to interpret the data. Results: Three main themes emerged; social and organizational dilemmas (including sub-themes of; role and moral positioning, expectations of support, and protected and reflective space), power and position and policy dilemmas. Conclusion: Support workers said that adults with intellectual disabilities should have access to the Internet for intimate relationships. There was a range of views on whether it was their job to support this. A lack of training in Internet use was highlighted.
Descriptors: Adults, Intellectual Disability, Internet, Caregiver Role, Access to Computers, Interpersonal Relationship, Social Influences, Moral Values, Expectation, Power Structure, Policy, Intimacy, Foreign Countries
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research; Tests/Questionnaires
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: United Kingdom
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