The Research Voices Blog


Choosing a Jury Question

 

In this blog we explain in detail the process we followed in choosing a jury question.

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Written by Rhiann McLean, September 2020

“Our children are invisible”: Including the voices of people with Profound and Multiple Learning Disabilities and their families in health research

 

In this blog we share the findings from our one day PAMIS workshop with parents of people with profound and multiple learning disabilities.

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Written by Rhiann McLean with support from PAMIS.  With special thanks to those who committed their time and shared their stories.

November 2019

Including the voices of people with Learning Disabilities in health research: An IASSIDD roundtable

 

In this blog we share key discussion points from the 2019 IASSIDD Conference roundtable on inclusive research.

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Written by Rhiann McLean, November 2019

“Is it one of those weight loss groups?” The experience of recruiting jurors for the Research Voices Project

 

In this blog we reflect on the process of recruiting our Citizens' Jury, looking at the challenges and what worked for us.

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Written by Rhiann McLean, September 2019

Engagement, involvement and the barriers we face to achieving inclusion

 

In this blog we reflect on some the discussions we had at a recent workshop held by the Observatory to discuss methods of inclusive practice.

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Written by Rhiann McLean, August 2019

Easy read and inclusivity: two perspectives

 

In this blog we reflect on the use of easy read and the principles of effective communication to promote inclusive practice.

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Written by Rhiann McLean and Lois Cameron, July 2019

How we used an inclusive approach to hire our Public Engagement Lead

 

To establish the research voices project, our first task was to recruit a Public Engagement Lead.  In this blog written by Lois Cameron from Talking Mats she explains how this was done.

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Written by Lois Cameron, March 2019