Co-researching with people who have intellectual disabilities: Insights from a national survey

Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 65-75

  O'Brien, Patricia ^a   Mcconkey, Roy ^b   García Iriarte, Edurne ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER   (United Kingdom)

^c TRINITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Co researching; Colloboration with people with intellectual disabilities; Community of practice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; CO-RESEARCHING; COLLOBORATION WITH PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; COOPERATION; DISABLED PERSON; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTELLECTUAL IMPAIRMENT; IRELAND; PERSONNEL; RESEARCH;

CO-RESEARCHING; COLLOBORATION WITH PEOPLE WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE;

ATTITUDE; COOPERATIVE BEHAVIOR; DISABLED PERSONS; FOCUS GROUPS; HUMANS; INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY; IRELAND; RESEARCH; RESEARCH PERSONNEL;

EID: 84891828242     PISSN: 13602322     EISSN: 14683148     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jar.12074     Document Type: Article

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