The Creative Potential in People with Intellectual Disabilities

Abstract

Creativity is important in the life of the human being because it allows us to create new ideas and different points of view. For people with intellectual disabilities, creativity is a very valuable tool that stimulates divergent thinking, promotes self-esteem and helps them develop communication and social skills, which will allow them to better integrate into society. This paper aims to analyze the creative potential in people with intellectual disabilities between 17 and 27 years old and compare it with people without intellectual disabilities. The design of this research belongs to the ex post facto quantitative paradigm. The sample is made up of a total of 84 participants with and without intellectual disabilities, who have been administered an adaptation of the Torrance Test (1974), which allows us to measure creativity based on 4 dimensions: fluency, originality, flexibility and elaboration. The results indicate that people without intellectual disabilities have greater creative potential, which allows us to conclude on the need to promote the development of this capacity in the educational field, being one of the aspects that must be present in the interventions of people with intellectual disabilities.