1. Indigenous persons with disability in remote Australia: research methodology and Indigenous community control.
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Gilroy, John, Dew, Angela, Lincoln, Michelle, Ryall, Lee, Jensen, Heather, Taylor, Kerry, Barton, Rebecca, McRae, Kim, and Flood, Vicki
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PEOPLE with disabilities ,ABORIGINAL Australians ,RESEARCH methodology ,RURAL conditions ,SOCIAL support ,RESEARCH personnel - Abstract
Decolonisation aims to deconstruct the hegemonic traditional Western academic practices and values that oppress Indigenous peoples. Decolonising research methodologies is a relatively new practice in disability research in colonised nations. This paper details the Indigenous community-controlled research methodology that underpinned a disability research project with the Anangu and Yarnangu of Central Australia, 'Walykumunu Nyinaratjaku: To Live a Good Life'. The project aimed to identify and explore how to support Indigenous people with a disability in the Ngaanyatjarra Pitjantjatjara Yankunytjatjara (NPY) Lands to live a good life. The research was structured on a decolonising methodology to situate the control and governance of the research with the Indigenous peoples. Our experience could assist other disability researchers working with Indigenous peoples in remote communities. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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