Aims and objectives The aim of this paper is to explore how making reasonable adjustments
to the process of securing ethical approval for research can facilitate the meaningful …

Involving individuals with intellectual disability in research can be difficult, researchers often
focus on those with a mild/moderate disability as they are often more accessible. However …

Balancing the demands of research and ethics is always challenging, and even more so
when recruiting vulnerable groups. Within the context of current legislation and international …

Aims and objectives To explore nurses' representations of caring for people with an
intellectual disability, intervention strategies they currently use, and to identify needs to …

The Mental Capacity Act 2005 has stipulated that in England and Wales the ethical
implications of carrying out research with people who are unable to consent must be …

Drawing on the author's experience carrying out qualitative research in the field of
occupational therapy with people with intellectual disabilities, this article explores ethical …

Knowingly or not, every researcher submitting a proposal to a research ethics committee
does so in the shadow of the Willowbrook study and other similarly infamous experiments …

Across disciplines, qualitative researchers have documented epistemological and practical
tensions in the ethical review of community-based and participatory research, with many …

If equality is one important measure of the priority of research, then there should be more
research among those who are vulnerable and/or disadvantaged. However, the more …

Aim: This article explores the issues of knowledge deficits of healthcare professionals in
meeting the needs of people with IDD throughout the life span, and to identify factors that …