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The strengths and challenges of individuals living with developmental disabilities
Abstract
Being an individual living with a developmental disability or parenting a child who is disabled can be emotionally overwhelming. This research project focuses on crisis and family crisis theories as it looks at the effects, adjustment and unmet needs of the individual. Family strengths and positive outcomes are stressed and discussed as are factors influencing the everyday life of individuals living with a developmental disability. Categories and themes emerge from informants, rather than being identified a priori by the researcher. Quantitative data are used in discussing frequencies, and by using cross tabulation procedures to show how two factors may combine and affect how an individual perceives his/her life as it relates to developmental disability. Thirty-two individuals participated in this research project.
Subject Area
Psychotherapy|Educational psychology|Developmental psychology|Special education|Families & family life|Personal relationships|Sociology
Recommended Citation
Dubas, Kathleen Louise, "The strengths and challenges of individuals living with developmental disabilities" (1997). ETD collection for University of Nebraska-Lincoln. AAI9823375.
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dissertations/AAI9823375