TAYLOR SPENCER www. eparent. com/EP MAGAZINE• May 2007 79 and the suspicion
that “academic researchers do not approach a project from a neutral, objective position but …

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 …

The importance of ensuring that people with a lifelong disability are not exploited by the
community, and in particular, by researchers, has received considerable attention recently …

Purpose. The purpose of this article is to make a case for the inclusion of people with
disabilities in disability research and in important decisions relating to the utilisation of the …

This book is designed to meet a growing need for clear illustrations of how to carry out
research which seeks to explore disability issues. It aims to demonstrate the value of a …

2 Introduction existing prejudices, or promote ideologies. Both disability studies and
progress in disability policy depend on sound empirical research and valid normative …

Disability research is increasingly becoming a contested area and this journal, through the
publication of numerous articles including a special issue in 1992 and a three-way debate …

At the seminar Colin Barnes mentions in his article, a considerable amount of time was
spent arguing about the relationship between politics and social research. One of the issues …

Purpose, Process and Future Direction of Disability Research brings together the collective
experience of an international network of early career researchers who set out to discuss the …

Nearly 20% of the population has a disability. Despite this, mainstream research often does
not explicitly address the methodological and practical issues that can act as barriers to …