Moving out to live independently? experiences from young women with intellectual disabilities in Norway
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Abstract
This article explores the process of four women in Norway moving into their own apartment, emphasizing how they experienced the process in relation to self-determination and living independently. Persons with intellectual disabilities have been deprived of equality and human rights compared to non-disabled persons. They have been equated with a special form of vulnerability perceiving them not to have status as autonomous or capacity to lead self-determined lives. Based on participatory research applying a dialogue conference-inspired method, this article challenges how services are built based on municipal structures, rather than around the persons receiving the services.