This article will explore the methodologies employed in a collaborative research project on lived experience of exercise or denial of legal capacity, known as the Voices of Individuals: Collectively Exploring Self-determination (VOICES) project. In so doing, the project's research team will reflect on key decisions about the project's background, design, implementation (including the recruitment and selection of participants, workshops and editing contributions) and considerations for further research.
Theoretical framework for the voices project / Clíona de Bhailís /Project methodology and background / Eilionoir Flynn -- Introduction to criminal responsibility / Anna arstein-kerslake -- Going to pot : Nick's journey through the criminal justice system / Nicholas Clarke, Chloe Hocking, and Nell Munro -- Questions of criminal culpability and persons with disabilities / Amita Dhanda and Gabor Gombos -- Conclusion : criminal responsibility / Anna Arstein-Kerslake -- Introduction to contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís -- I have the strength to speak up for myself : Nikona nguvu ya kujiongelelea / Joy Rehema and Emer O'Shea -- Silenced, alone, powerless : my life as a ward of court in Ireland / Claire Hendrick and Donna MC Namara -- "The law is very complicated" / Dermot Lowndes and Jan Strnad -- Travel and dementia : one story, many rights / Helen Rochford Brennan and Moira Jenkins -- Consumer law, contracts & support : I had one dream to buy a simple smartphone / Marieta Petrova and Aylin Yumerova -- From institutional life to home ownership : a personal story demonstrating the power of support to enable the exercise of legal capacity / Paul Alford and Michelle Browning -- Conclusion : contractual capacity / Clíona de Bhailís -- Introduction to relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra -- Marriage and intellectual disability in Ireland : my sister is married, why can't I get married? / Maria Mahony and Sarah Richardson -- Dreaming of traveling, dreaming of freedom : relationships and the right to support / Ronnie Harris and Jana Offergeld -- Conclusion : relationships and consent to sex / María Laura Serra -- Introduction to consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn -- This is not a story : from ethical loneliness to respect for diverse ways of knowing, thinking, and being / Cath Roper and Piers Gooding -- Getting sucked out of that black hole termed India's legal mental health machinery / Lavanya Seshayee and Maths Jesperson -- Consent is more than just yes or no / Fiona Anderson and Bo Chen -- The humour in my tumour : respecting legal capacity in health care decision making / Reshma Vallippan and Roxanne Mykitiuk -- Conclusion : consent to medical treatment / Eilionóir Flynn -- Freedom : a work in progress / Rusi Stanev and Sheila Wildeman -- Overall conclusion / Eilionóir Flynn
