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Policies by People with Intellectual Disabilities
Číslo: 4/2022
Periodikum: Sociální práce
Klíčová slova: intellectual disabilities, sheltered housing, becoming independent, autonomous policies, autonomous implementation
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OBJECTIVES: The article aims at introducing the concept of “policies by people with intellectual
disabilities”. THEORETICAL BASE: The idea that action plans pursued by people with
intellectual disabilities (PID) can be seen as “policies” is derived from Street-level Bureaucracy
(Lipsky, 1980), interpreted as suggesting the notion of bottom-level policies. METHOD: Action
plans to promote PID opportunities were identified by analysing interviews devoted to the question
of “what should be done for PID”, conducted in 2019/2020 in a selected local community. Two
of the action plans, namely those formulated by PID, are examined in the article. An analogy
between the features of street-level policies by Lipsky and the action plans by PID was identified.
Hence, the PID action plans are interpreted as “policies by PID”. OUTCOMES: Two types of
such policies by PID were identified, namely “personal supporting network” and “participation in
public affairs”. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The PID narrations of PID concerning
their social workers convey the message that social workers are expected to listen to the policies by
PID and to contribute to their autonomous implementation by supporting PID in dealing with
practical matters and in promoting their self-esteem.
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disabilities”. THEORETICAL BASE: The idea that action plans pursued by people with
intellectual disabilities (PID) can be seen as “policies” is derived from Street-level Bureaucracy
(Lipsky, 1980), interpreted as suggesting the notion of bottom-level policies. METHOD: Action
plans to promote PID opportunities were identified by analysing interviews devoted to the question
of “what should be done for PID”, conducted in 2019/2020 in a selected local community. Two
of the action plans, namely those formulated by PID, are examined in the article. An analogy
between the features of street-level policies by Lipsky and the action plans by PID was identified.
Hence, the PID action plans are interpreted as “policies by PID”. OUTCOMES: Two types of
such policies by PID were identified, namely “personal supporting network” and “participation in
public affairs”. SOCIAL WORK IMPLICATIONS: The PID narrations of PID concerning
their social workers convey the message that social workers are expected to listen to the policies by
PID and to contribute to their autonomous implementation by supporting PID in dealing with
practical matters and in promoting their self-esteem.