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A Participatory Filmmaking Process With Children With Disabilities In Rural India: Working Towards Inclusive Research, Colleen E. Mcgrath
A Participatory Filmmaking Process With Children With Disabilities In Rural India: Working Towards Inclusive Research, Colleen E. Mcgrath
Occupational Therapy Publications
Children with disabilities often experience exclusion within their communities, and this exclusion can extend into research processes. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, however, emphasizes that children of all abilities need to be involved as decision makers in matters affecting them. This article provides an in-depth description of the process of a participatory action research project carried out with children with disabilities from a rural village in India. It argues for the utility of participatory filmmaking as a research methodology that supports inclusion of children with disabilities as co-researchers in research and action processes. The …