Identity Construction and Illness Narratives in Persons with Disabilities

ISBN-13: 9780367898717 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 154 str.

Chalotte Glintborg; Manuel L. de la Mata

Opis

This book investigates how being diagnosed with various disabilities impacts on identity.

Spis treści

1. Narrative inquiry in disability research.  2. Narrative identity is social context.  3. Stories of self when living with aphasia in a digitalised society.  4. "We got a second chance" Couple narratives after being affected by an acquired brain injury.  5. Narrative Identity and dementia: The problem of living with fewer available resources. 6. Recovery stories of people diagnosed with severe mental illness: Katabatic and Anabatic narratives.  7. (Re)constructing identity in aphasia: A preliminary study about how people with aphasia describe and narrate their selves.  8. Narratives and identity construction of children with a developmental speech and language disorders.  9. Hope in offenders’ narratives of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).  10. Conclusion and future perspectives.