Accessible Summary We are eight people with learning disabilities. We did a training course
at a university in London. It was called “Learning how to do research.” We learned about the …

'Traditional'research with people with learning disability is very much research on rather
than research with people. New models or paradigms of research place the 'subjects' of …

Traditionally, research has been done on people with learning difficulties, rather than with
them. However, attitudes to this issue are changing. On the one hand some people with …

This article summarises a symposium presented at the 1993 BILD conference by
researchers based at the Norah Fry Research Centre, University of Bristol. The linking …

Background This study explores the training involved when people with learning disabilities
take their place in the community as researchers. This was a theme in a recent UK seminar …

Accessible summary The government and NHS say it is important for people with learning
disabilities to be able to take part in research if they want to. We asked five people with …

This article is written by three people with learning difficulties. It is about our experience of
doing research. We are all members of Hackney People First and in 1994 we got involved in …

Accessible summary People with learning disabilities are involved in doing research more
and more. A lot of papers have been written about this. These papers sometimes do not say …

Abstract The Research Active Programme (RAP) was designed to enable adults with
intellectual disabilities to learn about the purposes and process of research. This article …

Purpose–Historically, people with learning disabilities have been the subjects of research,
rather than true participants or contributors. Common approaches used to inform people with …