Where we Live A National Study done by Members of the Inclusive Research Network
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Inclusive Research Network, Where we Live A National Study done by Members of the Inclusive Research Network, Dublin, Trinity College Dublin; National Federation of Voluntary Bodies, 2010Download Item:
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Abstract:
The Inclusive Research Network is a group of people
with intellectual disabilities from Ireland who do research.
We are supported by the National Federation of
Voluntary Bodies and the National Institute for Intellectual
Disability.
We organised 3 research workshops between 2008 and
2009 where we learnt research skills. We came up with the
idea of doing a research project on: where people with
intellectual disabilities live and how they like it.
We decided to do a survey to find out the answers. We
did a survey with easy to read questions and pictures about
where people live and how they like it. We practised how to
ask the questions and how to write the answers.
11 members of the Inclusive Research Network did the
survey with 43 people. These members did the survey from
June to September of 2009. Staff at the National Institute for
Intellectual Disability analysed the answers.
We then organised 2 meetings to discuss what we
found out:
• Most people who did the survey were women and most
people were between 20 and 35 years old.
• Most people liked where they lived.
• Most people lived in towns and with their families.
• Most people had their own kitchen, bedroom and
bathroom.
• Most people had access to taxis and buses.
• More than half of the people did not choose who they
live with and only half of the people chose where they
live.
• Half of the people said that they would change things
in their homes, only a few would change things about
the people they live with, and some would change
things about the support they get.
Members of the Inclusive Research Network said that
more work needs to be done for them to live independently
including: more services for people with intellectual
disabilities, more control for people over funding, more
choices about where and who to live with, more
individualised supports, change in families’ attitudes about
living independently and more opportunities for people with
intellectual disabilities to be heard.
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PUBLISHEDDublin
Author: Garcia Iriarte, Edurne
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Trinity College Dublin; National Federation of Voluntary BodiesType of material:
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Community living , Human rights , INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY , Inclusive researchLicences: