The Principles and Ethics of Including Children with Disability in Child Research

Abstract

This paper provides a set of principles and ethics, developed in collaboration between Pacific- and Australian-based researchers, to guide research practice in a project enabling the self-reporting of children with disability in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea (PNG). The paper presents both a summary of academic literature relating to these principles and ethics, as well as their succinct ‘translation’ into a set of action statements for researchers working with children with disability. The paper offers a base for further development by others to guide research practice and foster the autonomous participation of children with disability in developing countries.