Is self-relevant research a bad thing?

Approach gets mixed reviews
Kathleen R. Bogart, Ph.D., has written about improving inclusion for disabled people based on self-relevant research. She was born with Moebius syndrome, a rare neurological disorder that affects the muscles that control facial expression and eye movement resulting in facial weakness or paralysis. As someone with lived experience, she wanted to dive deeper into disability research but found the topic woefully underrepresented.
“In psychology, there is a stigma against conducting me-search, or self-relevant research, about one’s own identity or experiences,” she explained. “This bias overshadows the fact that self-relevant research is common and can be a strength, especially by increasing the inclusion of underrep...