Working on Well‐Being: Researchers’ Experiences of a Participative Approach to Understanding the Subjective Well‐Being of Disabled Young People

Abstract

This paper reports the experiences of working with a group of disabled young people over a 12‐month period, during which perspectives of subjective well‐being were explored. Methodological experiences, and particularly strategies which facilitated accessing young people's views, are described. The paper then moves on to focusing on the challenges and dilemmas of taking a participative approach. These experiences are contextualised within wider debates on participative approaches in social research.