Making space for the participant with complex communication (access) needs in social work research.

Dee-Price, Betty-Jean

Despite the advancement of disability rights and augmentative and alternative communication, people with complex communication access needs (CCAN) are often absent from social work, and other qualitative study cohorts. After exploring the underlying reasons for this, the purpose of the study was to investigate successful exceptions of prior research in the field and to bring these together with the findings from a group of 10 participants with CCAN who reveal what they believe is needed to include people with CCAN in qualitative research. These insights are applied specifically to the context of social work research so as to advance an alignment between the ethos of the profession and inclusive practice.

AUSTRALIA; COMMUNICATIVE disorders; FACILITATED communication; MEDICAL needs assessment; SOCIAL case work; SOCIAL work research

Qualitative Social Work, 2020, Vol 19, Issue 5/6, p827

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Academic Journal

10.1177/1473325019856080