Rautiainen, Pauli https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7764-0036
Aalto-Heinilä, Maija https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4904-8334
Ahonen, Karoliina
Funding for this research was provided by:
University of Eastern Finland
Article History
Received: 15 December 2025
Accepted: 13 January 2026
First Online: 2 February 2026
Declarations
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: The authors have no competing interests to declare that are relevant to the content of this article.
: The research project Disability and Dignity was approved by the University of Eastern Finland’s Research Ethics Committee on 17 February 2022. Participants were provided with written and verbal information about the study. Informed consent was obtained from all participants prior to the commencement of the interviews.