Evolving Support Needs in Small Option Homes in Nova Scotia: Policy Implications on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities

dc.contributor.advisorBurghardt, Madeline
dc.contributor.advisorBernasky, Tammy
dc.contributor.authorDunn, Hannah E.
dc.date.accessioned2024-09-19T17:37:41Z
dc.date.available2024-09-19T17:37:41Z
dc.date.issued2024-08-16
dc.descriptionMajor Research Paper (Master's), Critical Disability Studies, School of Health Policy and Management,Faculty of Health, York University
dc.description.abstractRecent legal events in Nova Scotia (NS) prompted the examination and reform of the provincial Disability Support Program (DSP). This initiative, coupled with the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, revealed devastating impacts of policy structures on persons labelled with intellectual disabilities (PWID). The present study examines how Nova Scotia Disability Support Program policies impact persons with intellectual disabilities experiencing increasing support needs while living in small option homes. Existing research focuses on group home settings, with nothing specific to NS, nor DSP policies. Guided by the theoretical frameworks of critical disability theory and intersectionality, and the analytical frameworks of critical policy analysis and Intersectionality-Based Policy Analysis (Hankivsky et al., 2014), a text-based policy analysis was conducted on DSP policies. The potential lived impacts of identified themes from the analysis were illuminated through two composite stories. The analysis revealed themes of medicalization, dis/empowerment, and colonial structures. These themes were situated within larger contexts of institutional ideologies, static beliefs about PWID, and intersectional complexities of accessing DSP supports. This study demonstrated the importance of connecting policy with lived impact during policy reform. Future research should further investigate how varied identities impact how PWID access DSP supports. Future policy reform must center lived experience throughout the entire process, and center the question “who am I impacting, and how?” throughout each point of change. Keywords: Intellectual Disability, Disability Support Program, Small Option Home (SOH), Human Rights Remedy, Support Needs, Ageing in Place, Intersectional
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10315/42314
dc.rightsCC0 1.0 Universalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
dc.subjectIntellectual disability
dc.subjectDisability Support Program
dc.subjectSmall option home
dc.subjectHuman Rights Remedy
dc.subjectSupport needs
dc.subjectAgeing in place
dc.subjectIntersectional
dc.titleEvolving Support Needs in Small Option Homes in Nova Scotia: Policy Implications on Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
dc.typeResearch Paper

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