Using the 'in-between' to build quality in support relationships with people with cognitive disability: the significance of liminal spaces and time

Sally Robinson; Edward Hall; Karen R Fisher; Anne Graham; Kelley Johnson; Kate Neale

doi:10.1080/14649365.2021.1950824

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Using the 'in-between' to build quality in support relationships with people with cognitive disability: the significance of liminal spaces and time

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Using the 'in-between' to build quality in support relationships with people with cognitive disability: the significance of liminal spaces and time

Sally Robinson, Edward Hall, Karen R Fisher, Anne Graham, Kelley Johnson and Kate Neale

Social & Cultural Geography, Vol.24(1), pp.175-194

2023

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14649365.2021.1950824

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apoyo

derechos

Disability

discapacidad

droits

handicap

identidad

identity

identité

recognition

reconnaissance

reconocimiento

relaciones

relations

relationships

rights

soutien

support

In a policy context of personalisation, disability support organisations recognise the increasingly contentious nature of clustering people according to disability. Instead, they are placing more emphasis on activities that promote community inclusion. Accordingly, the work between people with cognitive disability and their support workers is increasingly mobile. In this context, drawing on research using a conceptual framework based in recognition theory and social geography, this paper explores how the experience of liminal space-time influenced the working relationships between young people with cognitive disability and their support workers. It found that the pairs used liminal spacetime to build their relationships, creating conditions for mutual recognition to occur, whereby they experienced feeling cared about, respected and valued. These activities and negotiations were mediated at the institutional level by the policies and practices of the disability services. The significance of liminal moments were noted at the interpersonal level, both explicitly and tacitly; but not well taken account of at the institutional level. This disjuncture opens both opportunity and risk to young people and support workers. Appreciating the richness of liminal space-time for identity development opens the way for young people and support workers to use its productive potential.

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Title: Using the 'in-between' to build quality in support relationships with people with cognitive disability: the significance of liminal spaces and time
Creators: Sally Robinson - Flinders University
Edward Hall - University of Dundee
Karen R Fisher - UNSW Sydney
Anne Graham - Southern Cross University
Kelley Johnson - UNSW Sydney
Kate Neale - Southern Cross University
Publication Details: Social & Cultural Geography, Vol.24(1), pp.175-194
Publisher: Routledge
Identifiers: 991012963393002368
Copyright: © 2021 The Author(s). Published by Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, and is not altered, transformed, or built upon in any way.
Academic Unit: Centre for Children and Young People; Social Work; Faculty of Health
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article

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