Inclusive Research and Intellectual Disabilities: Moving Forward on a Road Less Well-Travelled

Patricia O’Brien (), Edurne Garcia Iriarte, Roy Mc Conkey, Sarah Butler and Bruce O’Brien
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Patricia O’Brien: Sydney School of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Edurne Garcia Iriarte: School of Social Work and Social Policy, Trinity College Dublin, The University of Dublin, D02 PN40 Dublin, Ireland
Roy Mc Conkey: Institute of Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, Belfast BT15 1ED, UK
Sarah Butler: CDS Inclusive Research Group, Centre for Disability Studies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia
Bruce O’Brien: CDS Inclusive Research Group, Centre for Disability Studies, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia

Social Sciences, 2022, vol. 11, issue 10, 1-14

Abstract: In reflecting on the title of the special issue: Inclusive Research: A road less or more well-travelled, this paper reviews the strengths of inclusive research that have augmented the global knowledge about the lives of people with intellectual disabilities across the lifespan. The successes of inclusive research are outlined with the respective ongoing individual challenges discussed. Authors will draw upon their own experiences of inclusive research, together with the seminal and current literature, as well as the dialogue between them. The conclusions of the article are in the form of recommendations aimed at increasing the traffic on the road of inclusive research through: 1. expanding its purpose and parameters across all forms of disability research; 2. developing systems for sustaining inclusive research as a funded model; 3. creating capacity to enable people with intellectual disabilities to be employed as researchers directing research projects; and 4. establishing bridges and crossroads with policy and practice through its findings.

Keywords: inclusive research; intellectual disabilities; capacity building; policy; and practice; funding; co-design; co-researching (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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