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Evaluation of individualised funding to people with disabilities in Ireland |
| Summary |
The evaluation aims to gather evidence to inform the transition from traditional group-based models to individualised, cost-effective supports and services, and to accelerate the availability of such services and supports. The sample for the study includes people with intellectual and physical disabilities and those with mental health problems. For more information on the project see http://www.genio.ie/research |
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Genio |
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| Type of Project |
Evaluation |
| Date from |
2011 |
| Date to |
2013 |
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| Project title |
Fundamental rights of people with mental health problems and people with intellectual disabilities |
| Summary |
The aim of the project was to look at fundamental rights of people with mental health problems and people with intellectual disabilities in the EU. This was the first disability project of the European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights and was inspired by the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The project consisted of desk research conducted in the 27 EU countries and field research conducted in Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Latvia, Romania, Sweden and the UK. Four themes were examined in depth: the right to community living, life in institutions, the right to access to justice, and the right to legal capacity. The project used participatory and emancipatory methodologies. For more information on the project see http://fra.europa.eu/fraWebsite/research/projects/proj_disability_en.htm |
| Funding Agency |
The European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA) |
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July 2010 |
| Date to |
December 2011 |
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| Project title |
Doing Disability Research |
| Summary |
The Doing Disability Research Project developed participatory research projects in Ireland to examine the needs of people with intellectual disabilities and their families. The research projects conducted with people with intellectual disabilities included:
The All We Want to Say study (2010) and the Inclusive Research Network (IRN). The All We Want to Say study, conducted with people with intellectual disabilities, aimed to understand how life was like in Ireland for people with intellectual disabilities. People with intellectual disabilities were trained on how to conduct research and took an active role in the research process from the identification of topics to the write up of reports and dissemination of findings.
The IRN is a group of people with intellectual disabilities, their supporters, and university researchers that conduct research about issues important to people with intellectual disabilities in Ireland. The IRN has conducted the following studies: Where We Live (2009), and Relationships and supports (2010).
The research projects conducted with families of people with intellectual disabilities included a survey of families through focus groups and a questionnaire using the concerns report method. Families, similarly to people with intellectual disabilities, were included in the research process from the identification of the research process to the write up and dissemination of findings. |
| Funding Agency |
European Union - Marie Curie Actions |
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| Date from |
2009 |
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| Garcia Iriarte, E.; O'Brien, P.; Chadwick, D., Involving people with intellectual disabilities within research teams: Lessons learned from an Irish experience, Journal of Policy and Practice in Intellectual Disabilities |
| Chadwick, D.; Mannan, H.; Garcia Iriarte, E., McConkey, R.; O’Brien, P.; Finlay, F.; Lawlor, A.; Harrington, G. , Family voices: Life for family carers of people with Intellectual Disabilities in Ireland, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities |
| Balcázar, F., García-Iriarte, E., & Suárez-Balcázar, Y., Participatory Action Research with Colombian Immigrants, Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 31, (1), 2009, p112 - 127 |
| García-Iriarte, E., Kramer, J.C., Kramer, J.M., & Hammel, J., "Who Did What?": A Participatory Action Research Project to Increase Group Capacity for Advocacy, Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 22, (1), 2009, p10 - 22 |
| García-Iriarte, E., Balcázar, F., & Taylor-Ritzler, T. , Analysis of Case Managers’ Support of Youth with Disabilities Transitioning from School to Work, Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 26, (3), 2007, p129 - 140 |
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