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The Challenge and Challenging of Childhood Studies? Learning from Disability Studies and Research with Disabled Children
Author(s) -
Tisdall E. Kay M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
children and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.538
H-Index - 58
eISSN - 1099-0860
pISSN - 0951-0605
DOI - 10.1111/j.1099-0860.2012.00431.x
Subject(s) - parallels , reflexivity , childhood studies , agency (philosophy) , early childhood , promotion (chess) , disability studies , psychology , developmental psychology , sociology , political science , gender studies , social science , mechanical engineering , politics , law , engineering
Childhood studies have argued for the social construction of childhood, respecting children and childhood in the present, and recognising children's agency and rights. Such perspectives have parallels to, and challenges for, disability studies. This article considers such parallels and challenges, leading to a (re)consideration of research claims to represent children's ‘voices’ and the current promotion of children's participation as researchers. It concludes how research with disabled children encourages due account of multiple communication methods to access, analyse and present research, and being more reflexive about assumptions of competency, expertise and agency in the roles of researcher and research participant.