Doing Accessible and Inclusive Research
Qualitative Inquiry With and About People with Intellectual Disabilities
- Emma Douglass - University of the West of England, UK
- Sally Dowling - University of Bristol, UK
March 2027 | 224 pages | SAGE Publications Ltd
People with intellectual disabilities are often excluded from research, as participants and researchers. This book challenges the status quo, giving readers the tools to do research more accessibly and inclusively.
Using a range of examples, the book offers practical guidance on topics from working inclusively to choose a research question to accessible forms of dissemination. It also:
- Gives grounded advice acknowledging the realities and constraints of doing real-world research;
- Highlights good practice from across the globe, discussing research from Europe, Australasia and more;
- Models reflexivity, with critical reflections from the authors about their positionality and approach.
This book is the ideal companion for any health or social researcher wanting their project to be accessible or inclusive to people with intellectual disabilities so all voices are heard and valued.
Chapter 1: The history of intellectual disability and the context of research
Chapter 2: Choosing a topic and writing research questions
Chapter 3: Reviewing the literature
Chapter 4: Research approach and design
Chapter 5: Ethical issues
Chapter 6: Sampling, access, recruitment
Chapter 7: Methods of data collection
Chapter 8: Data Analysis
Chapter 9: Dissemination
Chapter 10: Reflexivity