Adulthood and people with mental handicaps: report of a research project

Author:
WALMSLEY Jan
Journal article citation:
Mental Handicap Research, 4(2), 1991, pp.141-154.
Publisher:
BIMH Publications

Describes a small project which used research interviews to discover the meaning of adulthood to the research participants, five adults with mental handicaps. The project set out to design a research process which would respect their status as adults. The paper focuses on the research process, and the merits and difficulties of the approach are discussed in the context of research methodologies which emphasise the need to redress the power imbalance inherent in more traditional methods.

Subject terms:
learning disabilities, research methods, surveys, user views, adults;
Link:
Journal home page
ISSN print:
0952-9608

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