From dream to reality: Is it still possible to respond to signs of industriousness in people with disabilities?
Marco Angeloni
This analysis dwells on the sense of industriousness and activity in people with a disability. The way we take care of individuals today is changing rapidly and it is no longer relegated to institutional systems that in the past strictly compartmentalised their lives and activities. In recent years, the high number of children with disabilities in classrooms has raised new questions for families, who are left wondering what the right direction is for them after completing secondary school. Families keep playing a crucial role here, demanding greater integration for their children in the job market. As a consequence, in terms of social policy, a heated debate has started, whose aim is that of revising current social, educational and welfare services to take into account changing needs. The following article, which takes a real story as its starting point, focuses on the meaning of education and on the old and yet still current question: are we to privilege adaptive-assistance care or should we transition from a repetitive to an evolutionary type of care and support?
Keywords
Industriousness, adult disability, identity, work, employment, industry
