Offering learning opportunities adapted to autistic children: a lever for social participation

Academic learning is at the heart of children’s daily lives at school, and an important determinant of social participation. Yet a significant proportion of children with autism face difficulties at school, and their graduation rate remains low. Could it be that current educational practices are not optimizing the full potential of autistic children? The Coalition […]

The Mutual Aid Brigade: a vehicle for a stable, safe and healthy home.

The general aim of this action-research project is to deepen our knowledge of residential instability prevention services provided by individuals with experiential knowledge of the homes of people at risk of eviction from their dwellings due to insalubrity. More specifically, the project aims to: Understand the mechanisms by which the Mutual Aid Brigade produces effects; […]

Co-development of intergenerational activities to break with ageism and support the social participation of people living with the after-effects of a traumatic brain injury.

This participatory research will bring together young people and seniors living with traumatic brain injury, a manager and stakeholders from a community organization serving people living with TBI (Servio), a representative from Intergénération Québec, as well as researchers in the health sciences, the humanities and social sciences, and the arts. These partners will use a […]

Without taboos: Uniting for the inclusion of the sexual experiences and needs of adults with motor disabilities in sexology and rehabilitation

The FQPN and Ex aequo are campaigning for the deconstruction of negative social perceptions that affect the social participation of adults with motor disabilities (AIM) in relation to their sexuality, and for the development of specialized interventions in sexology and rehabilitation. However, these organizations note a lack of empirical data in Quebec to support their […]

Understand and make others understand: Operationalizing an immersive design fiction tool to promote social participation by deaf people

This project was born out of a need expressed by the Association du Québec pour enfants avec problèmes auditifs (AQEPA) for a technological solution that would more effectively raise awareness of the sensory reality of young people with hearing loss, both for their families and for the professionals who work with them. The aim of […]

Sport, activité physique et jeux inclusifs, de la recherche à l’action.

Sorry, this entry is only available in French.Synthèse du maillage entre partenaires, chercheurs et usagers disponible ici Transformer les résultats de la recherche pour une application de la connaissance maintenant  Objectif :  Beaucoup de recherche existent sur le domaine de l’activité physique et des personnes en situation de handicap, il est temps de passer au transfert […]

Participatory Research and Disability: France-Quebec Dialogue

As part of the 35th Entretiens Jacques Cartier, Société Inclusive, in collaboration with its partner Fedrha (Fédération pour la recherche sur le handicap et l’autonomie), organized a symposium on the theme of “Participatory research and disability: France-Quebec dialogue”, which took place on October 11, 2023 at Université Lumière Lyon II (France). Quebec represented! 7 researchers […]

Participatory action research and co-production of knowledge in the context of the fight against poverty and social exclusion

Webinar 3 June 9th, 12:30 – 13:30 David Longtin Registration Description This webinar will provide an overview of the different forms of action research and participatory research as well as some of the conditions for their implementation identified in the scientific literature. It will then address some of the issues raised by these approaches to […]

Participatory research is an innovative approach to including the voices of marginalized groups in the research process.

Société Inclusive, in collaboration with the Centre de recherche et d’expertise en gérontologie sociale (CREGÉS), the Institut universitaire en déficience intellectuelle et en trouble du spectre de l’autisme, and Exeko, organized a series of events during 2023 in Quebec to share the approaches developed in this field. Find out more about the tools used to […]

Fatherhood, co-parenting and disability: what are the experiences of fathers with disabilities in Quebec?

This research project stems from the need expressed by the Regroupement pour la Valorisation de la Paternité (RVP) to obtain a portrait of the reality of fathers with disabilities in Quebec. More specifically, the following themes emerged from the RVP’s concerns about fathers with disabilities: apprehensions, adaptation to the role of father (particularly paternal involvement), […]