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http://dx.doi.org/10.22156/CS4SMB.2019.9.3.112

A Study on the Citizen Advocates' Perception of Their Role for People with Developmental Disabilities  

Jeon, Ji-Hye (Department of Social Welfare, Incheon National University)
Lee, Se-Hee (Department of Social Welfare, Catholic University of Korea, In-cheon Community Rehabilitation Center advocacy support team)
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Journal of Convergence for Information Technology / v.9, no.3, 2019 , pp. 112-119 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study examined the role of citizen advocates in advocating for people with developmental disabilities. Citizen advocacy refers to activities that advocate and represent citizens on behalf of those who are socially vulnerable. The purpose of this study is to analyze the role concept of citizen advocates by conducting focus group interviews and dividing the 13 citizen advocates with developmental disabilities into 4 groups. It is divided into four main subjects and nine sub-themes. The main theme are 'Self-transformation of the parties', 'Restoring the rights of the parties', 'Being with the parties', and 'Expanding the world of the parties'. Sub-themes are 'Recognizing and solving the problem of self', 'Granting role to speak', 'Recovering the initiative of service use', 'Restoring the rights of existing (family and neighbor), "Preventing money harm" "Speaking instead", "Encouraging and petting people", "Promoting change in the community", and "Expanding the size of the world a little bit". Based on this, we discussed the importance of citizen advocacy as a preventive advocacy system, the relationship between citizen advocacy and professional advocacy system, the difference between volunteer and personal assistants and citizen advocacy, and considerations for citizen advocacy.
Keywords
citizen advocacy; people with developmental disabilities; advocacy; welfare for people with disabilities; focus group interview; community welfare;
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