Special Needs, Qualitative Research, and a Personal Reflection: A Familial Perspective

In this paper, three members of a family draw on their personal experiences in critically discussing, in both broad and intimate ways, the fields of special education, qualitative research, and profound developmental disability. More specifically, the essence of this particular research effort allow...

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Published in:International journal of diversity in organisations, communities and nations communities and nations, 2010, Vol.10 (4), p.113-126
Main Authors: Richardson, Connor, Richardson, Carole, Richardson, Warnie James
Format: Article
Language:English
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Summary:In this paper, three members of a family draw on their personal experiences in critically discussing, in both broad and intimate ways, the fields of special education, qualitative research, and profound developmental disability. More specifically, the essence of this particular research effort allow for the personal experiences of a daughter, in working in a respite home for youth who are profoundly intellectually and behaviorally dysfunctional, to be directly juxtaposed to those of a father and mother, whose investigative interests as professors, generally fall within the broad special educational and qualitative research domains.
ISSN:1447-9532
1447-9583
DOI:10.18848/1447-9532/CGP/v10i04/39901