A Case Study Of Community Participation For Adolescents With Disabilities In Hubei Province

This article is a case study of community participation for adolescents with disabilities .The study takes method of qualitative study .Six adolescents with disabilities were selected as case study subjects. Interviewed adolescents with disabilities or their parents respectively, I made a careful analysis on the characteristics of community participation for adolescents with disabilities, and pointed out factors that influence community participation for adolescents with disabilities.Ratings were made of the participants' community participation in five domains: infrastructure facilities serving in the community, the relationship between adolescents with disabilities and community residents, recreational and sports activities, community based rehabilitation, economic activities.Studies have found that community participation for adolescents with disabilities has the following features: (1) Anxious friends and weak interpersonal relationships with community residents are facing embarrassment; (2) There is a willingness to participate in community activities, but the activities they take part in are few; (3) It's difficult to receive the community based rehabilitation services they needed; (4) the financial support they achieve is limited. In sum, adolescents with disabilities don't participate in community sufficiently in Hubei Province. Community participation for adolescents with disabilities is related to the social support they received .The lack of social support for adolescents with disabilities leads to the lack of community participation.