Metafora: Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Journal
Vol. 7 No. 1 (2023): Sosial Academic

Participatory and Compassionate Communication Strategy in Empowering Persons with Disabilities at Rumah Kinasih Foundation Blitar

Gilang Aji (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Galuh Gita Indrajayani (Universitas Gadjah Mada)
Anggun Herawati (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Farah Nabila Rahmawati (Universitas Negeri Surabaya)
Anis Azimah (SMPN 2 Ngunut)



Article Info

Publish Date
11 Apr 2023

Abstract

To carry out empowerment for groups with disabilities, the communication process is the central point of achieving success.To do empowerment itself is not an easy thing, it takes a certain strategy or approach and a sustainable process, one of which is empowerment communication. Communication for empowering people with disabilities is an effective strategy to change the general public's view of people with disabilities who consider their limitations as incapable of being independent. This research try to find the communication strategy to empower persons with disabilities in Rumah Kinasih Foundation Blitar. This study uses a qualitative approach, case study method and data collection by means of interviews. The Result show that to empower the disabled people, communication should use participative, persuasive, and compassion way. Communication with them use more effort and carefulness. In Rumah Kinasih, they also use reward to make disabled people more productive.

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Journal Info

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metafora

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Subject

Humanities Education Social Sciences

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Metafora : Education, Social Sciences and Humanities Journal published by Universitas Negeri Surabaya cooperates with Asosiasi Program Studi Pendidikan Sosiologi dan Antrapologi Indonesia (APPSANTI) under the management of the Department of Social Sciences (MOU), discuss about education, social and ...