Accomodation type and daily life skills of persons with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

Social participation represents the capability of a person to realize life habits which enable participation in the life of the social community corresponding to the person’s social role. The goal of this research is to establish the influence of the type of accommodation (family accommodation, supported community accommodation or accommodation in an a residential setting) on the level of social participation regarding the three domains of life habits: Communication, Responsibility and Life in the community. The sample comprised 111 adults with moderate intellectual disability (48 participants live with their family, 19 live in a supported community and 44 are residentially accommodated. All participants are, functionally, at the level of moderate intellectual disability. It is demonstrated that the accommodation type influences the level of life habits development in adults with moderate intellectual disability for the Responsibility domain. The results show, however, that for the categories Communication and Life in the community the influence of social environment is not at the level of statistical significance.