Behind the Paintbrush: Understanding the Impact of Visual Arts-Based Research (ABR) in the Lives of Disabled Children and Youth as well as Methodological Insights in ABR Application

Authors

  • Fiona J. Moola School of Early Childhood Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
  • Ron Buliung Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario
  • Stephanie Posa Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
  • Nivatha Moothathamby Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario
  • Roberta L. Woodgate College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba
  • Nancy Hansen Disability Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
  • Tim Ross Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v11i2.891

Abstract

Arts-based research (ABR) makes many promises, including the opportunity to engage with embodied ways of being and knowing, raise social and political concerns, as well as to address novel, participant-led inquiries. In this critical narrative review of the literature, we examine how disabled children and youth employ ABR methods in research contexts by carefully examining studies that use visual ABR. A secondary aim is to glean methodological insights from the application of ABR to the lives of disabled children and youth to help foster this critical dialogue. We decided to undertake this narrative review of the literature to better understand how ABR is used in pediatric disability contexts.

Author Biographies

Fiona J. Moola, School of Early Childhood Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

School of Early Childhood Studies, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Ron Buliung, Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario

Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario

Stephanie Posa, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Nivatha Moothathamby, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario

Roberta L. Woodgate, College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

College of Nursing, Rady Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Nancy Hansen, Disability Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Disability Studies, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Tim Ross, Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario

Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital, Toronto, Ontario Rehabilitation Sciences Institute, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario Department of Geography and Planning, University of Toronto, Mississauga, Ontario

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Published

2022-08-11

How to Cite

Moola, F. J., Buliung, R., Posa, S., Moothathamby, N., Woodgate, R. L., Hansen, N., & Ross, T. (2022). Behind the Paintbrush: Understanding the Impact of Visual Arts-Based Research (ABR) in the Lives of Disabled Children and Youth as well as Methodological Insights in ABR Application. Canadian Journal of Disability Studies, 11(2), 119–160. https://doi.org/10.15353/cjds.v11i2.891

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)

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