Conceptualising the everyday harm experienced by people with cognitive disability: A scoping review of microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse.

Idle, J; Robinson, S; Fisher, KR; Ikäheimo, H; Smyth, C; Yoon, J

Conceptualising the everyday harm experienced by people with cognitive disability: A scoping review of microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse.

Idle, J

Robinson, S Fisher, KR Ikäheimo, H Smyth, C Yoon, J

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Publisher:: ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
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Citation:: J Intellect Dev Disabil, 2025, 50, (1), pp. 59-71
Issue Date:: 2025-03

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dc.contributor.author	Idle, J https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5966-6400
dc.contributor.author	Robinson, S
dc.contributor.author	Fisher, KR
dc.contributor.author	Ikäheimo, H
dc.contributor.author	Smyth, C
dc.contributor.author	Yoon, J
dc.date.accessioned	2026-04-20T06:58:07Z
dc.date.available	2026-04-20T06:58:07Z
dc.date.issued	2025-03
dc.identifier.citation	J Intellect Dev Disabil, 2025, 50, (1), pp. 59-71
dc.identifier.issn	1366-8250
dc.identifier.issn	1469-9532
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/194772
dc.description.abstract	BACKGROUND: Many people with disability experience harm in everyday interactions that can leave them feeling insulted, degraded, silenced, or rejected. We adopt the term "everyday harm" to describe this underexplored form of harm. METHOD: The purpose of this scoping review was to assess how the literature on microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse contributes to an understanding of everyday harm and misrecognition. RESULTS: Microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse occur at an interpersonal level and are influenced by organisational structures and attitudes, underpinned by ableist attitudes and stigma. Actions and omissions are both intentional and unintentional and the effects are subjective and cumulative. CONCLUSION: Insights from microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse can inform the concept of everyday harm. Little is known about how people with disability understand and respond to their harmful experiences and everyday harm can offer a language to name and prevent this form of harm.
dc.format	Print-Electronic
dc.language	eng
dc.publisher	ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
dc.relation.ispartof	J Intellect Dev Disabil
dc.relation.isbasedon	10.3109/13668250.2024.2336076
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.subject	1103 Clinical Sciences, 1607 Social Work, 1608 Sociology
dc.subject.classification	Rehabilitation
dc.subject.classification	3202 Clinical sciences
dc.subject.classification	4203 Health services and systems
dc.subject.classification	4409 Social work
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Aggression
dc.subject.mesh	Intellectual Disability
dc.subject.mesh	Emotional Abuse
dc.subject.mesh	Interpersonal Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Social Stigma
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Aggression
dc.subject.mesh	Interpersonal Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Social Stigma
dc.subject.mesh	Intellectual Disability
dc.subject.mesh	Emotional Abuse
dc.subject.mesh	Humans
dc.subject.mesh	Aggression
dc.subject.mesh	Intellectual Disability
dc.subject.mesh	Emotional Abuse
dc.subject.mesh	Interpersonal Relations
dc.subject.mesh	Social Stigma
dc.title	Conceptualising the everyday harm experienced by people with cognitive disability: A scoping review of microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse.
dc.type	Journal Article
utslib.citation.volume	50
utslib.location.activity	England
utslib.for	1103 Clinical Sciences
utslib.for	1607 Social Work
utslib.for	1608 Sociology
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/DVC (Research)/lnstitute for Public Policy and Governance
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dc.date.updated	2026-04-20T06:58:06Z
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Abstract:

BACKGROUND: Many people with disability experience harm in everyday interactions that can leave them feeling insulted, degraded, silenced, or rejected. We adopt the term "everyday harm" to describe this underexplored form of harm. METHOD: The purpose of this scoping review was to assess how the literature on microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse contributes to an understanding of everyday harm and misrecognition. RESULTS: Microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse occur at an interpersonal level and are influenced by organisational structures and attitudes, underpinned by ableist attitudes and stigma. Actions and omissions are both intentional and unintentional and the effects are subjective and cumulative. CONCLUSION: Insights from microaggression and emotional and psychological abuse can inform the concept of everyday harm. Little is known about how people with disability understand and respond to their harmful experiences and everyday harm can offer a language to name and prevent this form of harm.

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