ABSTRACT
This chapter covers some considerations for making practice more inclusive focusing on four key aspects: addressing structural and environmental barriers; addressing attitudinal barriers; working collaboratively; and training of professionals. It offers a brief consideration of how research can be made more inclusive, by discussing the principles of participatory research, using our own research project as an example. The chapter considers given the issues and barriers that exist, how we might move forward. It provides a full discussion of participatory action research as a method. The chapter offers some ideas about inclusive practice when it comes to challenging myths, and providing sexual health education, legal services for sexual abuse and sexual and reproductive health care. Some areas of research have received more attention than others, for example research on sexual functioning and acquired disabilities, or the disabling effects of HIV and AIDS.
