How Stigma Affects Us: The Voice of Self-advocates

Abstract

A systematic review on self-stigma among people with intellectual disabilities concluded that research should focus on the process by which stigma associated with the intellectual disability label is internalized and on the social and psychological factors associated with stigma. Accordingly, the study presented in this chapter sets out to investigate stigma and self-stigma as experienced by people with intellectual disabilities, to examine their actions in 'dealing' with stigma, and the impact of participating in a self-advocacy group on these perceptions of stigma and self-stigma. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2017 APA, all rights reserved)