Doctoral Dissertation Research: Legal Consciousness and 'Invisible Disability'

博士论文研究：法律意识与“隐形残疾”

• 批准号: 1251433
• 负责人: Alexes Harris
• 金额: $ 0.95万
• 依托单位: University of Washington
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-02-01 至 2015-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1251433&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Doctoral; Dissertation; Research; Legal; Consciousness

This study examines everyday understandings of the law, the construction of disability, and stigma management among individuals who experience episodic, non-evident impairment, or impairments  sometimes  referred  to  as  "invisible  disabilities". This study examines how adults who  have  ?invisible?  impairments  manage  (or  avoid)  disability  disclosure  in  order  to  negotiate   workplace accommodations. Given the varied frequency and severity of symptoms associated with their impairments, these individuals (and the institutions in which they work) may or may not  see  themselves  as  "disabled"  according  to  the  definition  the  Americans  with  Disabilities  Act   (ADA) provides. As  a  result,  these  individuals  often  find  themselves  in  a  state  of  liminality  or  "in   betweenness"- physiologically, socially, and legally. The study employs in-depth interviewing to collect data appropriate to address four research aims: 1) Provide an analysis of how people with non-evident,  episodic  impairment  conceptualize  "disability".  2)  Document  strategies  (both   overt and covert) these individuals use to acquire workplace accommodations. 3) Identify discursive frames used in disclosure decision-making. 4) Examine how perceptions of the law shape these decisions. Starting from the theoretical framework of the social, rather than medical, model of disability, this study intellectually builds upon and adds to research on disability rights mobilization and sociological understandings of managing stigmatized identities. Findings will advance our understanding of the socially constructed nature of disability by examining disclosure decisions by those who may or may not choose to adopt this status, and by identifying the tactics people use to manage stigmatized identities and the power dynamics that underpin those negotiations. Research findings will have broader impacts for both those who study and those who experience this phenomenon. This study will generate theoretical findings relevant to not only people with disabilities, but also to other vulnerable populations who must disclose a stigmatized status in order to benefit from the law. Study results will also be disseminated to advocacy organizations and industry groups, providing concrete avenues for maintaining and increasing diversity in work places and public institutions.

这项研究探讨了经历过偶发性、非明显性障碍或有时被称为“隐形残疾”的个人对法律的日常理解、残疾的解释以及耻辱感管理。管理（或避免）残疾披露，以便鉴于与其障碍相关的症状的频率和严重程度各不相同，这些人（及其工作的机构）可能会或可能不会根据《美国残疾人法案》(ADA) 的定义将自己视为“残疾人”。结果，这些人提供了。经常发现自己处于一种阈限状态或“介于两者之间”——生理上、社会上和法律上。该研究采用深度访谈来收集适合实现四个研究目标的数据：1) 分析患有非明显症状的人如何做到这一点。 ，偶发性损伤将“残疾”概念化 2) 文件。这些人用来获得工作场所便利的策略（公开的和隐蔽的） 3) 确定披露决策中使用的话语框架 4) 从社会的理论框架出发，研究对法律的看法如何影响这些决策。医学、残疾模型，这项研究在智力上建立在残疾人权利动员和管理污名化身份的社会学理解的基础上，并加以补充。研究结果将通过审查披露来增进我们对残疾的社会建构性质的理解。那些可能选择或不选择采用这种地位的人的决定，并通过确定人们用来管理污名化身份的策略以及支撑这些谈判的权力动态，研究结果将对研究者和经历过这种地位的人产生更广泛的影响。这项研究将产生不仅与残疾人相关的理论结果，而且与其他弱势群体相关，他们必须披露自己的污名化状况才能从该法律中受益。维持和增加多样性的具体途径在工作场所和公共机构。