Equal Opportunities for Achieving Everyday Quality of Life of Deaf-Blind Persons

Abstract

Ovaj rad bavi se narativnim biografskim istraživanjem kvalitete života i jednakosti šansi gluhoslijepih osoba s područja grada Zagreba. Nalazi su utemeljeni na narativnoj analizi provedenih polu-strukturiranih dubinskih intervjua s 12 gluhoslijepih osoba koje imaju teškoće različitog stupnja težine. Labovljevom analizom te kasnijim grupiranjem preko narativa, osobne priče i iskustva grupirani su u pet tipova prema iskustvima tijekom školovanja, društvenosti, zaposlenju i kasnijoj kvaliteti života. Nalazi istraživanja upućuju na velike poteškoće koje osobe s dvostrukim invaliditetom tijekom života onemogućuju u kvalitetnom njima prilagođenom obrazovanju, a onda i razvoju normalne društvenosti, odnosno omogućavanju izostanka izoliranosti i depresije.This paper deals with a narrative biographical research of the quality of life and equal opportunities for deaf-blind persons from the area of the city of Zagreb. Findings are based on a narrative analysis of semi-structured in-depth interviews conducted with 12 deaf-blind persons who have difficulties with varying degrees of severity. By Labov\u27s analysis and later grouping through narratives, personal stories and experiences, they have been grouped into five types according to their experiences during education, sociability, employment and later quality of life. The findings indicate severe difficulties that prevent persons with a double disability from quality education adapted to them, and then in the development of normal sociability, i.e. which enable a lack of isolation and depression