Self-determination and individuals with severe disabilities: Re-examining meanings and misinterpretations
- Författare
- Wehmeyer, M. L.
- Titel
- Self-determination and individuals with severe disabilities: Re-examining meanings and misinterpretations
- Utgivningsår
- 2005
- Tidskrift
- Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities
- Volym
- 30
- Häfte
- 3
- Sidor
- 113-120
- Sammanfattning
Although some progress has been made, the belief that students with severe cognitive and multiple disabilities will not or cannot become self-determined remains a barrier for many such students. This article revisits topics that were identified in Wehmeyer (1998) as contributing to this problem, with a particular focus on definitional issues pertaining to self-determination and control. In light of this discussion, a modified definition of self-determination is proposed and the importance for moving in this direction is discussed.