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A Collaborative Action Research about Making Self-Advocacy Videos with People with Intellectual Disabilities

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  • Ann-Louise Davidson

    (Department of Education, Concordia University, Canada)

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This article presents the results of a collaborative action research conducted with people living with intellectual disabilities (ID) who were going through a community integration process. To be successfully integrated into a community, they need to develop basic life skills as much as they need to learn to use mobile technologies for authentic interactions (Davidson, 2012) and to be self-advocates online (Davidson, 2009a). This study used the Capability Approach pioneered by Sen (1992) and Nussbaum (2000), which focusses on what people can do rather than on their deficiencies. I recruited a group of eight people with ID who wished to set goals, engage in developing new capabilities, share their goals and act as models for others with ID who want to learn to live on their own. In this article, I examine the process of developing self-advocacy videos with mobile technologies using the Capability Approach and I analyze the inventory of capabilities collected through this study. I provide recommendations for intervention through mobile technologies with the long term-goal of helping people with ID to become contributing citizens. I discuss the innovative action research methodology I used to help people with ID become self-advocates and take control of the messages they give through producing their own digital resources.

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  • Ann-Louise Davidson, 2015. "A Collaborative Action Research about Making Self-Advocacy Videos with People with Intellectual Disabilities," Social Inclusion, Cogitatio Press, vol. 3(6), pages 16-28.
    • Handle: RePEc:cog:socinc:v3:y:2015:i:6:p:16-28
    DOI: 10.17645/si.v3i6.412
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