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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Accessible summary• Government policy talks about how important it is that people who use
services get a say in what happens. People with learning disabilities don't always get as …

'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 …

Accessible summary• People with learning disabilities who do not use speech are often left
out of research.• Ways of doing research which do not use words (for example, using …

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 …

Accessible summary It is important for people with intellectual disabilities to be involved in
research about their health care. Eight people working in the care sector were interviewed …

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 …