Advances in the social position of people with learning disabilities have led to a situation
where research and evaluation studies are increasingly required to include the views and …

'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 …

Participatory research is becoming a very popular way of helping to empower people with
learning disabilities. All stages of this kind of research are conducted in partnership with non …

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 …

Despite the acknowledgement that individuals with intellectual disabilities are the experts on
their own experiences, these individuals have been largely omitted from the disability …

The past few years have seen the development of an important debate over methodology in
disability research. The rise of emancipatory and participatory methodologies has meant that …

We believe that we are living through an age of transition, perhaps moving towards some
'post technological'era and that this time is marked by considerable turbulence in society …

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 paper uses criteria defined by Zarb to describe research undertaken with people with
learning difficulties, in the context of an emerging emancipatory paradigm. First, the paper …

We argue that it is important for researchers and service providers to not only recognize the
rights of children and young people with learning disabilities to have a 'voice', but also to …