Inclusive research : doing participatory and emancipatory research with people with intellectual disabilities

Abstract

This chapter discusses the origins, principles and practices of doing inclusive research with persons with intellectual disability as co-researchers. The relationship between inclusive research on the one hand and participatory and emancipatory research on the other is considered together with the link to self-advocacy. The chapter also provides examples of inclusive research and discusses the methods that are mostly used in inclusive research. The role of academic researchers and co-researchers with intellectual disability is also discussed, both in conducting research and in writing about the research carried out.