ABSTRACT
We have already seen in a number of chapters in this edited collection that engaging in research provides an important means of exploring and understanding the insights and experiences of young disabled people in youth sport. In this chapter I consider the ways in which (young) disabled people have traditionally been positioned within research. I highlight how research focusing on disabled people has often involved others and in this way marginalized their direct contributions. After this, I focus on the nature of research found in youth sport and map out a similar trajectory to that evident in research more broadly. The chapter then considers a number of strategies that have been adopted in order to generate insights about experiences of young disabled people and youth sport. These examples illustrate the possibilities and ways in which youth sport research can enable many young people to take a meaningful part in the research process. A central concern of this chapter is to critically question many of the taken-for-granted assumptions that we have as researchers and to begin to rearticulate these in ways that enable research to be more inclusive.
