Characteristics of Studies in an Environment of Persons with Intellectual Disability—Ethical and Methodological Deliberations

The purpose of the article is to show the difficulties that are encountered by a researcher dealing with the problems of persons with intellectual disability. The article stresses some notions related to ontological and epistemological issues, the source of which are questions about the possibilitie...

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Published inPolish sociological review Vol. 202; no. 2; pp. 279 - 299
Main Author Niedbalski, Jakub
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Warsaw Polish Sociological Association 2018
Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne
THE POLISH SOCIOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
Polskie Towarzystwo Socjologiczne (Polish Sociological Association)
Subjects
Cognition & reasoning
Cognitive ability
Epistemology
Ethics
Intellectual disabilities
Researchers
Sociology
methodological problems
ethical dilemmas
field studies
intellectual disability
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Summary:The purpose of the article is to show the difficulties that are encountered by a researcher dealing with the problems of persons with intellectual disability. The article stresses some notions related to ontological and epistemological issues, the source of which are questions about the possibilities and manner of exploring mental handicap. They refer not only to the broadly-understood problems of handicap and the methodological consequences of identifications, but also the manner of diagnosis and analysis that are characteristic of particular fields of science. The article raises the notions related to a field researcher's workshop, difficulties in data acquisition, the emotional context of exploring the environment of persons with disabilities, as well as the ethical and moral dilemmas that provide an indispensable element of such a research undertaking.
ISSN:1231-1413
2657-4276
DOI:10.26412/psr202.08