Lanie Stockman The voices of Pacific children with disabilities

Voices of Pacific children with disabilities: overview

What’s the research about and why is it important

Current gap in knowledge

Gain in knowledge will have practical implications for government, services and donors.Example: Development of disability inclusive

participatory tools can be replicated.

Approach• Partnerships • Co-

researchers

• Rights-based, strengths-based

• Contextual

Research principlesEthics

Consent

Child protection code

UNCRC, UNCRPD

Identifying disabilityWCG6 - adapted and translated

Communication tools

Communication tools

Description of tools, adaption of tools and new method.

Visual and storytelling tools: photo library and doll

Where to from here…Research plan: trialing and developing tools, and

develop resources that can be replicated

Collect and share data about what’s important to children with disabilities.