2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

The relationship between adults with intellectual disability and their parents after they leave home

Research Project

Project/Area Number	22730454
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Research Field	Social welfare and social work studies
Research Institution	Bukkyo University
Principal Investigator	TANAKA Tomoko 佛教大学, 社会福祉学部, 准教授 (60413415)
Project Period (FY)	2010-04-01 – 2014-03-31
Keywords	知的障害者 / 家族 / 生活の場の移行 / 海外との比較調査
Research Abstract	This study explored how adults with intellectual disability achieve independence from their parents in Japan,Denmark and Finland.In Japan most adults with intellectual disability don`t want to be independent of their parents because of psychological pressure from their parents.Some of the parents I interviewed had their adult children leave home,others still live with them. I asked them what caused them think about their children`s independence. I also asked them how the relationship with their children is now and how the parents` role changed. The parents from the three respective countries were all asked the same questions in order for us to understand the differences or similarities between the countries.