Purpose, Process and Future Direction of Disability Research -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- FIGURES -- TABLE -- LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS -- FOREWORD -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- 1. INTRODUCTION -- REFERENCES -- 2. A LIBERATING RESEARCH AGENDA: ON HEARING VOICES AND DEVELOPING A WAY OF SEEING: In loving memory of my beautiful son Aaron February 21, 1988 - March 17, 2013 -- INTRODUCTION -- THE PERSONAL - POLITICAL ZOOM -- WHY RESEARCH DISABILITY EQUALITY AND CITIZENSHIP CURRICULUM? -- Supervision Process -- Ideological Warfare -- Research Questions -- IDEOLOGY AND DENKMUSTER: FROM THE PAST INTO THE FUTURE -- SOCIAL MODEL THINKING -- MASH-UP METHODOLOGY: ON HEARING VOICES AND CREATING A NEW SONG -- INSIGHTS ABOUT MY RESEARCH GAINED AS A RESULT OF WRITING THIS CHAPTER -- A FINAL WORD -- REFERENCES -- 3. RESEARCHING DISABILITY DISCOURSES, USER CONSTRUCTS AND PRACTITIONER PERSPECTIVES IN CARE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES -- INTRODUCTION -- MY RESEARCH PROJECT -- FORMATIVE INFLUENCES ON CHOICE OF RESEARCH PROJECT -- Ideological Standpoint -- Personal History and Social Model Awareness -- Foucauldian Influences on the Theoretical Framework -- REASONS FOR CHOOSING A PARTICULAR RESEARCH METHODOLOGY AND METHODS -- Attitudes Towards the Research Project -- RESEARCH PROBLEMS AND DILEMMAS -- Finding a Sample -- Presenting the Researcher/Research -- Ethical Dilemmas Related to Partial Disclosure of Research Aims and Purposes -- Counter-strategies of Nondisclosure Amongst Research Participants -- POWER RELATIONSHIPS -- Vulnerability and Anxieties in the Research Setting -- Gender Issues -- Partial Resolution of and Unresolved Tensions in Researcher/Researched Relationships -- APPROPRIATENESS OF RESEARCH METHODOLOGY -- DATA ANALYSIS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF A RESEARCH ACCOUNT -- PERSONAL PERSPECTIVES AND RESEARCH FINDINGS -- USEFULNESS OF RESEARCH -- CONCLUSION.

REFERENCES -- 4. RESEARCHING DISABILITY POLITICS: BEYOND THE SOCIAL MODEL AND BACK AGAIN -- INTRODUCTION -- ENCOUNTER WITH THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY -- BEYOND THE SOCIAL MODEL -- SETTLING ON THE MOST APPROPRIATE RESEARCH PARADIGM -- MAKING MEANING BY INTERPRETING STORIES -- BEYOND THE SOCIAL MODEL AND BACK AGAIN: THE UNFINISHED BUSINESS OF RESEARCH -- RESEARCH JOURNEY -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 5. THE ELUSIVE SEARCH FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION IN A COMPARATIVE STUDY -- INTRODUCTION -- THE STARTING POINT -- THE CONCEPTUALIZATION OF THE STUDY -- THE MESSINNESS OF THE RESEARCH PROCESS -- English School -- First Greek School -- Second Greek School -- Analytical Themes -- THE RESEARCH PROJECT AND THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY -- CONCLUSION -- REFERENCES -- 6. RESEARCH IN POLICYMAKING IN EDUCATION: IS THERE A PLACE FOR THE SOCIAL MODEL? -- INTRODUCTION -- ARRIVING AT RESEARCHING POLICY ISSUES -- THEORETICAL AND METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK: THE MEANS TO EXPLORE THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS -- WITNESSING THE MEDICAL MODEL AS THE DRIVING FORCE FOR POLICYMAKING -- FINAL THOUGHTS -- REFERENCES -- 7. RESEARCHING DISABILITY IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION: APPLYING THE SOCIAL MODEL OF DISABILITY TO POLICY ANALYSIS IN ITALY -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCHING DISABILITY IN EDUCATION -- UNDERSTANDING THE ITALIAN CONTEXT AND IDENTIFYING THE RESEARCH TOPIC -- A DETOUR FROM THE ORIGINAL RESEARCH PLAN -- HOW A NEW THEORETICAL UNDERPINNING INFLUENCED MY RESEARCH DECISIONS -- The Theorization of Disability -- The Concept of Inclusive Education -- The Process of Policy Analysis -- Disabling Discourses and Mechanisms of Micro-exclusions -- RESEARCHING THE FIELD AND RESEARCHING THE SELF -- CONCLUSION -- NOTE -- REFERENCES -- 8. RESEARCH REFLECTIONS: SECURING INCLUSION FOR DISABLED STUDENTS IN WELSH HIGHER EDUCATION -- INTRODUCTION -- RESEARCH TOPIC -- RESEARCH PROJECT AND METHODOLOGY.

UNDERPINNING PRINCIPLES -- Challenging Oppression -- An Emancipatory Research Paradigm -- 'Insider' Research -- Researching-up -- Dissemination -- REFLECTIONS AND FUTURE DIRECTIONS -- REFERENCES -- 9. CONCLUDING REMARKS -- CONTEXTUALIZING OURSELVES -- POSITIONING OURSELVES IN THE RESEARCH -- DECIDING UPON OUR THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK -- RESOLVING METHODOLOGICAL DILEMMAS -- DATA COLLECTION, DATA ANALYSIS AND WRITING-UP -- WAS OUR RESEARCH WORTH DOING? -- A NOTE FOR STUDENTS AND NOVICE RESEARCHERS -- REFERENCES -- INDEX.