O'Dell, L.; Crafter, S.; De Abreu, G. and Cline, T.
(2010).
| DOI (Digital Object Identifier) Link: | http://dx.doi.org/doi:10.1080/09687599.2010.505734 |
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Abstract
There has been a great deal of attention paid to young carers in recent research, social policy and service provision. In this paper we report on a survey and interview study of 46 young people aged 15 to 18, nine of whom had experience as young carers, to explore the ways in which young people construct the young carer and their disabled parent. A key theme arising from the interview data analysis is the construction of a series of normative assumptions about ‘normal’ childhood through which young carers and their disabled parent are viewed as non-normative and deficient. The predominantly negative construction of both parent and child/carer is critically analyzed and alternatives suggested in the discussion of these findings.
| Item Type: | Journal Article |
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| Copyright Holders: | 2010 Taylor & Francis |
| ISSN: | 1360-0508 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| Keywords: | young carers; childhood; normative childhoods |
| Academic Unit/Department: | Health and Social Care > Health and Social Care Education and Language Studies > Childhood, Development and Learning |
| Interdisciplinary Research Centre: | Centre for Research in Education and Educational Technology (CREET) |
| Item ID: | 28746 |
| Depositing User: | Lindsay O'Dell |
| Date Deposited: | 11 May 2011 14:15 |
| Last Modified: | 04 Mar 2013 10:40 |
| URI: | http://oro.open.ac.uk/id/eprint/28746 |
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