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Doing research inclusively: bridges to multiple possibilities in inclusive research
- Authors:
- NIND Melanie, VINHA Hilra
- Journal article citation:
- British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 42(2), 2014, pp.102-109.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
This article reports on a study of how people do research that matters to people with learning disabilities and that involves them and their views and experiences. The study was an attempt to bring together people doing inclusive research so that, collectively, practices could be taken stock of. This would add to the individual reports and reflections on approaches that are already available. In particular, the authors wanted to explore what quality means in inclusive research and how we might best achieve this. Focus groups were used to share and generate knowledge, and the authors recorded, transcribed and analysed the dialogue, looking for themes and answers to core questions. It was found that there are many different ways of doing research inclusively, and a model to describe this is proposed. Reflecting on the findings, the authors argue that it is important to keep a flexible vision of inclusive research and to keep learning and talking together. (Edited publisher abstract)
Doing research inclusively, doing research well? Report of the study: quality and capacity in inclusive research with people with learning disabilities
- Authors:
- NIND Melanie, VINHA Hilra
- Publishers:
- Economic and Social Research Council, University of Southampton
- Publication year:
- 2012
- Place of publication:
- Southampton
This ESRC funded research looks at on what counts as quality in inclusive research. The study used a range of focus groups to look at how the research community has progressed with inclusive research, the challenges that remain and where and how to move these challenges forward. Focus were held with researchers with learning disabilities who lead and conduct their own emancipatory research, researchers with and without learning disabilities who work together as co-researchers, academic researchers and people who influence policy concerning, or commission or fund, inclusive research. Some of the findings of the research were: that issues of power dynamics and accessibility are important; people have different ways of working and it is beneficial to place emphasis on support, negotiation or interdependence; that inclusive research is of high quality if it is relevant and interesting to people with learning disabilities; and there are social inclusion benefits of doing inclusive research. (Original abstract)