Date: Friday, August 7

Time: 4:30 PM - 6:10 PM

Session 024: Families in Distress: Caregiving for and with Family Members with Disabilities and/or Social Identity Challenges
Room: Broadway I

Sponsors: Disability, Mental Wellness, and Social Justice
Family, Aging, and Youth

Organizer &

Presider: Muhammed Faisol Olaitan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

Description: 

As the first social institution, the family plays a vital role in the survival and growth of its members. Families provide resources, nurturance, socialization, development of life skills, and support. Yet achieving these goals often comes with stress as families experience transitions, unexpected events, and shifting societal and political realities—all of which may be intensified for families of people with disabilities. This session explores how families experience and navigate such challenges, with particular attention to the development and integration of a family member with disabilities. Families can simultaneously provide support and serve as sites of additional crises. This session focuses on research examining the reciprocal relationship between support and stress within and around the family.

Papers:

“‘We (Don’t) Want to Be Like Them’: Self-Identity and Dramaturgical Dilemmas among Alcohol Abstainers at the University of Botswana,” Tebogo B. Sebeelo, University of Botswana

“Ajumobi O Kan T’Anu: Perpetrators of Victimization and the Effect on Women with Disabilities in Lagos State, Nigeria,” Muhammed Faisol Olaitan, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology

“Narrative of Self-Care, Responsibility, and Moral Soundness in End-of-Life Social Care Services,” Rebecca M. Blackwell, University of South Florida and Marta C. Blackwell, Canadian Council for the Americas

“Health Insurance Coverage and Access to Care among Older Immigrants: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey, 2020–2023,” Momna Rani, University of North Texas

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