Moral Outrage and the Fight for the Reputation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities
Moral Outrage and the Fight for the Reputation of Children with Intellectual Disabilities

Qualitative Content Analysis of Posts Below an Interview with Parents of a Woman with Down Syndrome

Summary/Abstract: The aim of the paper is to identify the causes of moral outrage expressed in the comments publishedbelow the interview with parents of an adult woman with Down syndrome who are also co-founders and co-runnersof a “Bardziej Kochani” [“Loved more”] Association for parents of persons with Down syndrome. A qualitativeanalysis of the content of posts was carried out due to the status of the author of the comment (person related to theenvironment of people with disabilities or not). The article analyses status of emotions in sociology and discussesthe perceived roles of the interviewees, especially their assumed responsibility as role models. Main causes ofmoral outrage emerging from the comments are presented: the way of talking about disability and people withdisabilities, issues related to integration in education. Linguistic differences resulting from the status of comments’authors were also indicated.

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