Hello all, I wanted to post my abstract as is and see if anyone has any major issues with it. Thanks for your time!
The focus of this paper centers on identity and ability. Through a series of oral history interviews in combination with in-depth subject specific interviews, I explore the relationship between working to overcome physical/mental disabilities attained later in life and working also to recreate identity and space within society; recreate self image. My research will be more exploratory and descriptive than it will be explanatory. This study investigates the relationship between identity and ability, the process of rehabilitation within the context of physical/mental disabilities attained later in life, and to the literature on identity, ability, and recovery.
Also, I found the packet very helpful along the lines of organization and getting things moving. I'm looking forward to completing the proposal and moving past the IRB.
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7 years ago
Hi Krystina,
ReplyDeleteI am reworking some of the wording + some suggestions.
Start with a short intro (rephrase to make it pretty): for an adult, acquiring a disability later in life means not only solving practical, logistical problems posed by their new lives, but also reassessing and recreating their sense of self.
then:
This study investigates the relationship between identity and ability, the process of rehabilitation within the context of physical/mental disabilities attained later in life, and to the literature on identity, ability, and recovery.Through a series of oral history interviews with people going through this experience, I explore the relationship between working to overcome physical/mental disabilities attained later in life and the process of recreating the social and individual sense of self.
Then:
I suggest that...