Guidance for conducting collaborative research with people with disabilities

Collaborative research with disabled people: Guidance for Researchers

This new guidance is a practical resource to support researchers to meaningfully involve people with disabilities throughout the research process.

Although aimed at researchers, the guidance may also be useful for disabled people who are interested in getting involved in research and for organisations who wish to support their members to get involved in research.

The guidance was informed by a series of consultations with representatives of Disabled Persons Organisations (DPOs), disabled individuals, researchers and other stakeholders. The guidance was also informed by an extensive literature review of recent evidence on collaborative approaches to research that the NDA conducted in 2022 (You can read the full literature review, and an Easy-to-Read version of the literature review toward the end of this page).

The full guidance on conducting collaborative research is available to download immediately below. A summary of the guidance follows in Easy-to-Read format, and in Irish Sign Language.

Irish Sign Language Summary of 'Collaborative research with disabled people: Guidance for Researchers'

Introduction

Section 1

Section 2

Section 3

Section 4

Section 5

Section 6

Appendix

Launch of the Collaborative Research Guidance

The guidance on conducting collaborative research was launched as part of the Annual PPI Ignite Network Festival on 10 October 2023.

You can watch a recording of the launch below.

Literature Review

The aim of this literature review was to synthesise recent evidence regarding conducting collaborative research with disabled persons to:

1) Identify recommendations for, and examples of, best practice

2) Outline the benefits and challenges associated with this approach

This work informed the guidance above for the National Disability Authority and the wider research community.