Cooperation with Persons with Intellectual Disabilities: Reflections of Co-Researchers Associated with Conducting Inclusive Research

Katarzyna Ćwirynkało, Monika Parchomiuk () and Agnieszka Wołowicz
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Katarzyna Ćwirynkało: Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Warmia and Mazury, 10-710 Olsztyn, Poland
Monika Parchomiuk: Institute of Pedagogy, Faculty of Pedagogy and Psychology, Maria Curie-Sklodowska University, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
Agnieszka Wołowicz: Faculty of Education, University of Warsaw, 00-927 Warsaw, Poland

Social Sciences, 2024, vol. 13, issue 3, 1-18

Abstract: Traditionally, persons with intellectual disabilities in Poland have been researched on and treated as not competent enough to research with. Despite its scientific merit and practical usefulness, inclusive research involving persons with intellectual disabilities as co-researchers has only recently become a subject of interest in this country. The added value of inclusive projects should be analysed from two standpoints, i.e., those of co-researchers with disabilities and co-researchers without disabilities. In this article, we discuss the latter perspective, focusing on Polish researchers without disabilities who have experience in conducting inclusive research with persons with intellectual disabilities. The key aspect of the analyses was to highlight the potential of persons with intellectual disabilities as co-researchers. As a result, we have determined several important aspects of inclusive research in the relational perspective involving co-researchers with intellectual disabilities and co-researchers without intellectual disabilities and the community perspective. The analyses identified four superordinate themes: building relationships in the research team; opportunities and constraints associated with the implementation of inclusive projects; institutional barriers; and the importance of the role of a co-researcher without intellectual disabilities. Implications for further research and practice are discussed.

Keywords: inclusive research; intellectual disability; co-researchers; empowerment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A B N P Y80 Z00 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2024
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