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Preliminary Material -- Introduction -- Conceiving a Quilt: Creating a Method -- Threads of Configuration 1: The Warps of Understandings of Disability: Theories, Definitions, Assumptions and Descriptions -- Threads of Configuration 2: The Wefts of Social Practices of Disability Services -- Wiping Away The Calendering For Ethical Understanding: Exploring Expressions of Selvedges of Definition, An Ethic of Normalcy, and An Ethic of Anomaly -- Patterning for Visibility: Evoking an Ethical Framework to Prepare Conceptual Templates of Inclusion -- Socio-Ethical Fragments of Inclusion: Profound Exclusion, Technical Inclusion, Legislative Inclusion and Ethical Inclusion -- 'A Transformatory Ethic of Inclusion': An Instrument of Rupture -- Glossary of Terms -- Notes -- Bibliography.

This article explores issues associated with impaired decision‐making capacity for Indigenous Australians. There is very little published on the subject of impaired decision‐making capacity in Australia, particularly in relation to Indigenous people. To gain some insight into this subject, this article looks at some indicators of impaired decision‐making capacity for Indigenous Australians such as rates of intellectual disability and mental illness. The Australian state‐based Guardianship and Administration system—the legislative framework designed to provide for decision‐making for people with impaired capacity—is briefly described before looking at the cultural relevance of this Western system and its constructs for Indigenous Australians. Future investigation should be directed at exploring existing and alternative strategies to support Indigenous Australians with impaired capacity and their carers.

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Current academic literature exposes a paucity of information about people with severe (nonverbal) autism from their own perspective. Most research pertaining to this population has obtained data from a secondary source such as a parent or caregiver. This paper describes the methodological approach to a study exploring the spirituality of people with nonverbal autism. The study was intentionally designed to work inclusively with people with nonverbal autism, rather than conducting research on or about them. As such, opportunity was provided for them to participate as direct respondents in the research process. The study explored the use of interview as a strategy for sourcing data from participants with nonverbal autism. A bricolage approach incorporating participant's personal narratives provided an inclusive method for working with people who do not use spoken language to communicate. As communicating with this population necessitates the use of some type of augmentative device, certain strategies were adopted to address the particular practical, methodological and ethical challenges confronted during the research process. Interviews resulted in a rich source of data, providing unique insights into the lived experience of a severely under researched population. This study demonstrated that with researcher flexibility, a methodology that provides participants meaningful and inclusive involvement is not only possible, but beneficial in learning more about this marginalised group. Furthermore, this paper introduces a methodological approach that provides a platform for further research concerning people who do not communicate by speech.