DISABILITY AND FAMILY IN MULTICULTURAL CONTEXTS. A STUDY ABOUT THE REALITY IN THE AUTONOMOUS CITY OF CEUTA/DISCAPACIDAD Y FAMILIA EN CONTEXTOS MULTICULTURALES. UN ESTUDIO SOBRE LA REALIDAD EN LA CIUDAD AUTONOMA DE CEUTA/AS NECESSIDADES EDUCATIVAS ESPECIAIS E A FAMILIA EM CONTEXTOS MULTICULTURAIS. UM ESTUDO SOBRE A REALIDADE NA CIDADE AUTONOMA DE CEUTA

• Published in: Pedagogía social 2019-01, Vol.33, p.109
• Main Authors: Lopez, Ma. Mercedes Cuevas, Lopez, Rocio Salcedo, Rosas, Francisco Diaz
• Format: Article
• Language: Spanish
• Subjects: Caregivers; Christian-Muslim relations; Disabilities; Disabled children; Disabled persons; Nongovernmental organizations
• ISSN: 1139-1723
• DOI: 10.7179/PSRL2019.33.08

With the objective of improving the well-being and quality of life of people with disabilities and their families, a study was carried out in the city of Ceuta to analyze and describe the needs of this group. For that purpose, 202 families (Christian and Muslim) were interviewed; all of them members of the different NGOs that care of provide services to the disabled collective of the city. This exploratory and descriptive study adopts a methodological approach of a quantitative nature, developed through the application of a questionnaire on attitudes of families towards disability, based on the Salamanca Family Quality of Life Scale. The variables under study were Disability Perception, Support Network, Demand for Resources and Respite and Leisure. The main results of the study made it possible to detect different deficiencies in terms of accessibility, locomotion, technical resources, economic resources, leisure activities, social integration, training and work orientation, which were lower than expected. At the same time, it was possible to verify that, depending on the type of NGO that provided services, the opinions varied in all the dependent variables. On the other hand, the variables: sex of the child with a disability and the carer's employment situation do not show differences in the opinions on the variables considered. KEY WORDS: disability family perception support network resources respite program Con la finalidad de mejorar el bienestar y calidad de vida de las personas con discapacidad y sus familias se llevo a cabo un estudio en la ciudad de Ceuta destinado a analizar y describir las necesidades de este colectivo. Partimos de la consideracion de que las familias alcanzan el nivel de calidad adecuado cuando todas sus necesidades y demandas estan cubiertas, sus miembros disfrutan conjuntamente en familia, incluso persiguen y logran propositos que son importantes para ellos. La investigacion conto con los testimonios de 202 familias (57,4% cristianas y 42,6% musulmanas) pertenecientes a las diferentes asociaciones de discapacidad que prestan sus servicios en la ciudad. Este estudio de tipo exploratorio y descriptivo adopta un enfoque metodologico de caracter cuantitativo, desarrollado mediante la aplicacion de un cuestionario destinado a medir las actitudes de las familias hacia la discapacidad, basado en la Escala de Calidad de Vida Familiar Salamanca. Las variables objeto de estudio fueron la Percepcion de la Discapacidad, Red de Apoyo, Dema