Action-research

through videos:

Reporting the Anthropological Trajectories of

Intellectually Disabled Adults

in a process of community and residential integration

Context

Rise of the self-advocacy movement

Deinstitutionalization in the world’s richer nations

Housing situation in Ottawa

Lessons and pitfalls related to dispersed housing

schemes and clustered housing schemes

LiveWorkPlay OOOT project

Research

Questions

What methodology can we use to gain knowledge about the lives of adults with ID?

How can we use videos to solve the problems raised by the group?

How can we use videos as a means for data collection?

Research

Questions

What methodology can we use to gain knowledge about the lives of adults with ID?

How can we use videos to solve the problems raised by the group?

How can we use videos as a means for data collection?

Talking to others

about ID

Getting paid

employment and

keeping it

PROBLEMS RAISED

BY THE GROUP

Methodology

Collaborative action-

research

SAS2 techniques

Ten adults with ID with

the will to succeed

8 months to devote to the

project

Videography

1.Making a living with art

2.Playing guitar

3.Surfing the Internet

4.Networking on Facebook

5.Getting around on the bus

6.Making travel plans

7.Making nachos

8.Preparing tea

9.Working at the lost & found

The creation

of the videos

Activity Mapping: What are our priorities?

Socratic Wheel: What are we good at, how do we

want to improve?

Stakeholder Identification: Who can we involve?

What are the variables? ‣ difficult, moderate, easy to talk to

‣ depends on us, depends on others

Listing: What sort of videos could we do?

Sorting: Can we find themes?

Ranking: Which videos are most important?

Rating: Where do we start?

Outcomes & Limitations

5,000$ for “Maybe one day”

20,000$ for “Project Cooking” from Telus Ottawa Community Board

More people moving in condos and more people getting paid employment

However, participants cannot solve their problems on their own...

Conclusions

The distinction between self-advocacy and

instructional videos emerged from the experience

The methodology used for this research is deemed

useful for institutions who work with people with

intellectual disabilities

The videos showed a gap between self-advocacy

discourse and action

To think about getting paid employment and to

imagine scenarios is the first step to making these

ideas real.

Thank you!