Toolkit for Remote Inclusive Research

This strategy can be used for: Research Skills Training | Communication | Dissemination

Showing text and images on slides when someone is talking can make it easier to follow along and understand what people are saying. Using slides can also help organize the information into smaller chunks of information. This can make it easier to share complex ideas and information.

Slide presentations can be used to teach team members new research skills. Slides can include words, images and even videos that show people how to do different types of research tasks.

Slide presentations can be used during meetings to organize information and share ideas. Slides can be created before the meeting by members of the research team, and shown during the meeting. Slides can also be used to type out ideas or input during meetings, similar to a blackboard or flipchart.

Slide presentations can also be used when presenting findings of the research study. Slides help team members stay organized when talking about the research study. Slides also give audience members text and visual cues that make it easier to understand what was done during the study and the findings of the study.

Modification for Remote Collaboration

Use the share screen feature in video conference platforms to display slide content to all team members.
For dissemination, video record a narrated slide presentation that can be posted to a website.

Access accommodations and support

If slide presentations will be shown during a meeting, provide slides to team members ahead of time for review.
Put only one idea on each slide, and use a concrete image that helps explain the idea.
If multiple slides are about the same topic, use color or a common image for those slides to show how the content in each slide is related.

Resources

Video directions: How to share screen in zoom
This video explains how to organize and align images in a PowerPoint presentation.
This video explains how to add text and format text in a PowerPoint presentation.
This video explains how to use Google Slides.
This video provides tips for using accessible colors and styles in slide presentations.
This resource explains how to create more accessible presentations using slide presentation software.
This resource explains how to create more accessible poster presentations using slide presentation software. This pdf shows an example of an easier to read poster presentation.

Tools to explore

Slide presentation programs:
To find images to insert in your survey, check out The Noun Project. The Noun Project is an online repository of images. You can sign up for a free account to download images. Paid accounts include some options for customizing images.

References

Examples of studies using this strategy

Cascio, M. A., Grond, F., Motta-Ochoa, R., Tembeck, T., Ten Veen, D., & Blain-Moraes, S. (2020). Working together: Ethnographic observations on participatory design involving adults with autism. Human Organization, 79(1), 1–12. https://doi.org/10.17730/0018-7259.79.1.1

Cumming, T. M., Strnadová, I., Knox, M., & Parmenter, T. (2014). Mobile technology in inclusive research: Tools of empowerment. Disability & Society, 29(7), 999–1012. https://doi.org/10.1080/09687599.2014.886556

Morgan, M. F., Moni, K. B., & Cuskelly, M. (2015). The development of research skills in young adults with intellectual disability in participatory research. International Journal of Disability, Development, and Education, 62(4), 438–457. https://doi.org/10.1080/1034912X.2015.1028905

Ryan, S. M., Yuan, S. J., Karambelas, A. M., Lampugnale, L. E., Parrott, B. J., Sagar, C. E., & Terry, T. V. (2015). "We are researchers": Students with and without intellectual disabilities research the university experience in a participatory action research course. Canadian Journal of Action Research, 16(2), 70–82. https://doi.org/10.1080/23297018.2019.1627571

Salmon, N., Carey, E., & Hunt, A. (2014). Research skills for people with intellectual disabilities. Learning Disability Practice, 17(3). https://doi.org/10.7748/ldp2014.03.17.3.27.e1512

Strnadová, I., & Walmsley, J. (2018). Peer‐reviewed articles on inclusive research: Do co‐researchers with intellectual disabilities have a voice? Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 31(1), 132–141. https://doi.org/10.1111/jar.12378

Talebizadeh, Z., & Shah, A. (2018). Building a bridge between genetics and outcomes research: application in autism (The AutGO Study). The Patient, 11(4), 451–462. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40271-018-0302-z

White, E. L., & Morgan, M. F. (2012). Yes! I am a researcher. The research story of a young adult with Down syndrome. British Journal of Learning Disabilities, 40(2), 101–108. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2779-6_129-1

Slide Presentation Software