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Bailie, J., Fortune, N., Plunkett, K., Gordon, J., & Llewellyn, G. (2023). A call to action for more disability-inclusive health policy and systems research. BMJ Global Health, 8(3), 1–7.
Lau, S., Nirmalanathan, K., Khan, M., Gauthier, C., Maisel, J., & Novak, A. (2020). A Canadian Roadmap for Accessibility Standards. Canadian Standards Association, (November). Retrieved from
World Health Organization (2023). Disability. Retrieved from
Canadian Institute of Health Research. (2022). Findings from CIHR Environmental Scan on Accessibility and Systemic Ableism in Research Funding Systems 2021-2022. Retrieved from
Honisch, S. S., & Hill, G. T. (2022). Accessibility in Research : From Design to Dissemination.
Olsen, J., Griffiths, M., Soorenian, A., & Porter, R. (2020). Reporting from the Margins: Disabled Academics Reflections on Higher Education. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research: SJDR, 22(1), 265–274.
St. John, B. M., Hickey, E., Kastern, E., Russell, C., Russell, T., Mathy, A., Ausderau, K. K. (2022). Opening the door to university health research: recommendations for increasing accessibility for individuals with intellectual disability. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), 1–13.
Swenor, B. K., Munoz, B., & Meeks, L. M. (2020). A decade of decline: Grant funding for researchers with disabilities 2008 to 2018. PLOS ONE, 15(3), e0228686–e0228686.
Videos
CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from
Center for Universal Design. (1997). The principles of universal design. Retrieved from
Croft, L., Harrison, E., Grant-Young, J., McGillivray, K., Sebring, J. C., & Rice, C. (2024). Toward access justice in the academy: Centring episodic disability to revision research methodologies. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23, 16094069241227075.
Fraser-Barbour, E., Robinson, S., Gendera, S., Burton-Clark, I., Fisher, K. R., Alexander, J., & Howe, K. (2023). Shifting power to people with disability in co-designed research. Disability & Society, 1–22.
Honisch, S. S., & Hill, G. T. (2022). Accessibility in Research : From Design to Dissemination.
Katz, J. (2018). Ensouling our schools: A universally designed framework for mental health, well-being, and reconciliation (Vol. 3). Portage & Main Press.
Rios, D., Magasi, S., Novak, C., & Harniss, M. (2016). Conducting accessible research: Including people with disabilities in public health, epidemiological, and outcomes studies. American Journal of Public Health, 106(12), 2137–2144.
Strnadová, I., Dowse, L., & Watfern, C. (2020). Doing Research Inclusively: Guidelines for Co-Producing Research with People with Disability. DIIU UNSW Sydney.
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Videos
Bailie, J., Fortune, N., Plunkett, K., Gordon, J., & Llewellyn, G. (2023). A call to action for more disability-inclusive health policy and systems research. BMJ Global Health, 8(3), 1–7.
Baker, J., & Vasseur, L. (2021). Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility (IDEA) Good Practices for Researchers. Canadian commission for UNESCO.
Brown, L., & Boardman, F. K. (2011). Accessing the field: Disability and the research process. Social Science and Medicine, 72(1), 23–30.
Browne, J., & Dorris, E. R. (2022). What Can We Learn From a Human-Rights Based Approach to Disability for Public and Patient Involvement in Research? Frontiers in Rehabilitation Sciences, 3(April), 1–6.
Canadian Institute of Health Research. (2022). Findings from CIHR Environmental Scan on Accessibility and Systemic Ableism in Research Funding Systems 2021-2022. Retrieved from
CAST (2018). Universal Design for Learning Guidelines version 2.2. Retrieved from
Center for Universal Design. (1997). The principles of universal design. Retrieved from
Croft, L., Harrison, E., Grant-Young, J., McGillivray, K., Sebring, J. C., & Rice, C. (2024). Toward access justice in the academy: Centring episodic disability to revision research methodologies. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 23, 16094069241227075.
De Picker, M. (2020). Rethinking inclusion and disability activism at academic conferences: strategies proposed by a PhD student with a physical disability. Disability and Society, 35(1), 163–167.
Dee-Price, B. J. M., Hallahan, L., Nelson Bryen, D., & Watson, J. M. (2021). Every voice counts: exploring communication accessible research methods. Disability and Society, 36(2), 240–264.
Frankena, T. K., Naaldenberg, J., Cardol, M., Garcia Iriarte, E., Buchner, T., Brooker, K., … Leusink, G. (2019). A consensus statement on how to conduct inclusive health research. Journal of Intellectual Disability Research, 63(1), 1–11.
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Fraser-Barbour, E., Robinson, S., Gendera, S., Burton-Clark, I., Fisher, K. R., Alexander, J., & Howe, K. (2023). Shifting power to people with disability in co-designed research. Disability & Society, 1–22.
Greenhalgh, T., Hinton, L., Finlay, T., Macfarlane, A., Fahy, N., Clyde, B., & Chant, A. (2019). Frameworks for supporting patient and public involvement in research: Systematic review and co-design pilot. Health Expectations, 22(4), 785–801.
Honisch, S. S., & Hill, G. T. (2022). Accessibility in Research : From Design to Dissemination.
Katz, J. (2018). Ensouling our schools: A universally designed framework for mental health, well-being, and reconciliation (Vol. 3). Portage & Main Press.
Kenny, N., Doyle, A., & Horgan, F. (2023). Transformative Inclusion: Differentiating Qualitative Research Methods to Support Participation for Individuals With Complex Communication or Cognitive Profiles. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 22(March).
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Kidney, C. A., & McDonald, K. E. (2014). A toolkit for accessible and respectful engagement in research. Disability and Society, 29(7), 1013–1030.
Lau, S., Nirmalanathan, K., Khan, M., Gauthier, C., Maisel, J., & Novak, A. (2020). A Canadian Roadmap for Accessibility Standards. Canadian Standards Association, (November). Retrieved from
Loomes, G. (2018). Researching about us without us: Exploring research participation and the politics of disability rights in the context of the Mental Capacity Act 2005. Journal of Medical Ethics, 44(6), 424–427.
Mattison, S. M., Gin, L., Abraham, A. A., Moodie, M., Okanlami, F., & Wander, K. (2022). Community voices: broadening participation in Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics, and Medicine among persons with disabilities. Nature Communications, 13(1), 1–4.
McDonald, K. E., Gibbons, C., Conroy, N., & Olick, R. S. (2022). Facilitating the inclusion of adults with intellectual disability as direct respondents in research: Strategies for fostering trust, respect, accessibility and engagement. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 35(1), 170–178.
Meyers, A. R., & Andresen, E. M. (2000). Enabling our instruments: Accommodation, universal design, and access to participation in research. Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, 81(12 SUPPL. 2), 5–9.
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Njelesani, J., Mlambo, V., Denekew, T., & Hunleth, J. (2022). Inclusion of children with disabilities in qualitative health research: A scoping review. PLoS ONE, 17(9 September), 1–19.
Paramasivam, A., Jaiswal, A., Minhas, R., Wittich, W., & Spruyt-Rocks, R. (2021). Informed Consent or Assent Strategies for Research With Individuals With Deafblindness or Dual Sensory Impairment: A Scoping Review. Archives of Rehabilitation Research and Clinical Translation, 3(2), 100115.
Olsen, J., Griffiths, M., Soorenian, A., & Porter, R. (2020). Reporting from the Margins: Disabled Academics Reflections on Higher Education. Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research: SJDR, 22(1), 265–274.
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Rix, J., Carrizosa, H. G., Seale, J., Sheehy, K., & Hayhoe, S. (2020). The while of participation: A systematic review of participatory research involving people with sensory impairments and/or intellectual impairments. Disability and Society, 35(7), 1031–1057.
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Spivakovsky, C., McVilly, K., Zirnsak, M. T., Ainsworth, S., Graham, L., Harrison, M., … Genat, A. (2023). The ontology and epistemology shaping our understanding of inclusion: A critical review of the research literature on disability and inclusion. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, (May), 1–16.
St. John, B. M., Hickey, E., Kastern, E., Russell, C., Russell, T., Mathy, A., Ausderau, K. K. (2022). Opening the door to university health research: recommendations for increasing accessibility for individuals with intellectual disability. International Journal for Equity in Health, 21(1), 1–13.
Strnadová, I., Dowse, L., & Watfern, C. (2020). Doing Research Inclusively: Guidelines for Co-Producing Research with People with Disability. DIIU UNSW Sydney.
Swartz, T. H., Palermo, A. G. S., Masur, S. K., & Aberg, J. A. (2019). The Science and Value of Diversity: Closing the Gaps in Our Understanding of Inclusion and Diversity. Journal of Infectious Diseases, 220(Suppl 2), S33–S41.
Swenor, B. K., Munoz, B., & Meeks, L. M. (2020). A decade of decline: Grant funding for researchers with disabilities 2008 to 2018. PLOS ONE, 15(3), e0228686–e0228686.
Thompson, T., Coleman, J. M., Riley, K., Snider, L. A., Howard, L. J., Sansone, S. M., & Hessl, D. (2018). Standardized Assessment Accommodations for Individuals with Intellectual Disability. Contemporary School Psychology, 22(4), 443–457.
Vega-Córdova, V., Álvarez-Aguado, I., Jenaro, C., Spencer-González, H., & Díaz Araya, M. (2020). Analyzing Roles, Barriers, and Supports of Co-researchers in Inclusive Research. Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities, 17(4), 318–331.
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