Accessible Funerals and People with Intellectual Disability

Rachel Forrester-Jones; Philip McCallion; Mary McCarron; Roger J. Stancliffe; Michele Y. Wiese

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-98697-1_10

Accessible Funerals and People with Intellectual Disability

Rachel Forrester-Jones, Philip McCallion, Mary McCarron, Roger J. Stancliffe, Michele Y. Wiese

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This chapter briefly outlines Western funeral practices and then describes how funeral participation is important to successful grieving and meaning making of others’ death. It examines research on funeral attendance and barriers, involving adults with intellectual disability. COVID-19 has restricted funeral participation for all, highlighting how people with disabilities have often been excluded from these rituals long before the pandemic. Experiences of both exclusion and participation are conveyed in several individual stories. The significance of emotional, social and spiritual supports linked to funerals (and the impact of being denied these) is discussed so that people with disabilities can be better supported to engage with and meaningfully participate in others’ funerals, and have a say in their own funeral arrangements if they wish to. A list of resources is provided.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	End of Life and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability
Subtitle of host publication	Contemporary Issues, Challenges, Experiences and Practice
Publisher	Springer International Publishing
Pages	265-296
Number of pages	32
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030986971
ISBN (Print)	9783030986964
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98697-1_10
State	Published - Jan 1 2022

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Keywords

Attendance
Barriers
Death
Dying
End of life
Funeral
Grief
Intellectual and developmental disability
Intellectual disability
Meaning
Meaning making
Mourners
Participation
Ritual
Spirituality
Wake

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Forrester-Jones, R., McCallion, P., McCarron, M., Stancliffe, R. J., & Wiese, M. Y. (2022). Accessible Funerals and People with Intellectual Disability. In End of Life and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: Contemporary Issues, Challenges, Experiences and Practice (pp. 265-296). Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-98697-1_10

Accessible Funerals and People with Intellectual Disability. / Forrester-Jones, Rachel; McCallion, Philip; McCarron, Mary et al.
End of Life and People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability: Contemporary Issues, Challenges, Experiences and Practice. Springer International Publishing, 2022. p. 265-296.

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