Hermeneutics and the Social Sciences: An Evaluation of the Function of Hermeneutics in a Consumer Disability Study

Abstract

Applied a hermeneutic procedure in the development and interpretation of a questionnaire for consumers with a disability regarding their perspectives on the accessibility and quality of human services they were using. The study profiled 42 people (24 consumers with physical and intellectual disabilities and 18 parents of disabled consumers). In interviews the majority of disabled consumers and parents reported experiencing positive responses. Hermeneutic interpretation of data, taking as its starting point that the social world of persons with disabilities is one of disadvantage, indicates inadequacies in services. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2016 APA, all rights reserved)