Reflection from the field: Considering the safety of the researcher within disability studies research

Pritchard, Erin (2025) Reflection from the field: Considering the safety of the researcher within disability studies research. In: Routledge Handbook of Field Research. Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781032520186 (Accepted for Publication)

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Abstract

Whilst disability research emphasises the importance of sharing the same condition as participants, it has neglected the potential safety issues for researchers that can arise as a result. Sharp and Kremer (2006) argue that the researcher’s positionality can result in incidents of harassment due to how the participants respond to certain identities. As I have previously argued, ‘both feminist and disability research lack the experiences of disabled women, including within the research process’ (Pritchard, 2019: 504). This can be associated with the lack of consideration given to researcher safety, as well as the notion of disabled people as asexual (Shakespeare et al., 1996). Whilst there has since been a rise in the topic of disability and sexuality, the subject has neglected how disabled researchers can be victims.

Item Type:	Book Section
Keywords:	Researcher safety, Dwarfism, Sexual assault,
Faculty / Department:	Faculty of Education and Social Sciences > School of Social Sciences
Depositing User:	Erin Pritchard
Date Deposited:	07 Jul 2025 10:55
Last Modified:	07 Jul 2025 10:55
URI:	https://hira.hope.ac.uk/id/eprint/4688

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