Tillgång till det offentliga rummet : En kvalitativ studie om den kognitiva tillgängligheten till det offentliga rummet för unga vuxna med intellektuell funktionsnedsättning

Sammanfattning: The aim of the study was to explore the cognitive availability of the public space for young adults living in a group residence. The public space in this study has been narrowed down to playgrounds and bath places in a municipality in southern Sweden. The study is of a qualitative nature and the method we have used for the study is semistructured interviews. Through a qualitative continent has the result been coded. The results were analyzed based on Goffman's theory of stigma and Bourdieu's theory of habitus, fields and capital. The result indicates that playgrounds that lays in a more separated environment is considered as an opportunity for people with intellectual disabilities to access the public space. The results also indicates that the main factors that limits persons with intellectual disabilities to have access to playgrounds is that they are designed for children and that there is a lack of clarity when it comes to the different play tools on the playground. The opportunities that increases the accessibility at bathing places is the bathing places that is adapted for people with disabilities because the target group of the study felt safe there. The factor that limits the availability is primarily when it is very crowded. It is also shown that the physical environment can be better adapted through clearer contrasts and markings. The common denominator for both places is that the environment had a big impact and that secluded places to decrease impressions can be a good support for increasing accessibility to the public space for young adults in group residence.