1. (Micro)mobility, disability and resilience: exploring well-being among youth with physical disabilities.
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Porcelli, Paola, Ungar, Michael, Liebenberg, Linda, and Trépanier, Nathalie
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TEENAGERS , *SECONDARY education , *MOVEMENT disorders , *BODY movement , *DEAF-blind disorders , *ATTITUDE (Psychology) , *GROUP identity , *PEOPLE with disabilities , *CULTURAL pluralism , *PSYCHOLOGICAL resilience , *QUALITATIVE research , *CHILDREN with disabilities , *WELL-being , *PSYCHOLOGY - Abstract
This paper explores the daily (micro)mobilities that youth with a visual or auditory impairment use to sustain well-being. Geographical research suggests that mobility is a universal phenomenon referred to the capacity to navigate one’s way through different spaces and places. Using a qualitative cross-cultural, visual methods approach to research with vulnerable youth, including four participants with visual or auditory impairments, we demonstrate that everyday patterns of (micro)mobilities through the youth’s home, school and community help disabled youth create pathways to resilience. The implications of these findings are discussed in relation to services that promote resilience against ableist beliefs. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2014
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