Given that for people with an intellectual disability, the level of stress can be much greater unless the significant people around them manage the inevitable changes in life in a careful, measured and positive way. In many cases, people feel they have had very little choice and control in their life. A badly managed transition may lead to or entrench a sense of injustice, victimhood, helplessness, powerlessness, self-recrimination, aggression, anger, rage and resentment.
A poorly executed transition plan may also give rise to the feeling they have lost control of their lives, the values and structure that once provided a stable sense of self has been lost or eroded. Their old life has been altered and a new one not yet established – potentially resulting in a limbo with no skills to navigate the transition.
Table of Contents
2. The Housing Connection
3. People with Disability as Researchers
4. People with Disability Facing Life Transitions
5. People with Disability – Defining Transitions
6. People with Disability – The Effect of Badly Managed Transitions
7. People with Disability – Factors Affecting Satisfactory Resolution of a Transition
8. People with Disability – Coping Strategies