知的障害の身体をめぐる認識と社会関係

抄録

This paper analyses body consciousness on the part of swimming instructors regarding with respect to intellectual disabled persons. It focuses largely on two examples. In the first example, the intellectually disabled person has difficulty with utterance, and the second, fragmentary utterance is possible. Examination of these examples reveals that the body of the intellectually disabled person is the “place” that forms the social relationship with the swimming instructor. In conclusion, I point out the importance of considering the working of the micro-social order that results from the awareness of the instructors. Therefore, “the problem of the disabled” is the social reality that is constructed by the awareness of the able bodied person.