Challenging Methodological and Ethical Conventions to Facilitate Research That Is Responsive to People with Learning Disabilities

People with learning disabilities continue to be denied the opportunity to be actively engaged in the production of research. In this chapter, we draw on two studies in which we attempted to be inclusive of people with learning disabilities. The first study explored experiences of women with learning disabilities in relation to mental health; the second study delivered an intervention designed to reduce falls for people with learning disabilities. We address four aspects of the research process in both studies that highlighted the importance of ethical considerations that take into account inclusivity, recruitment, informed consent, communicating research-related tasks, and interview approaches. We outline how relational ethics should be central to efforts to be responsive in research that is inclusive of people with learning disabilities.