Involving people with intellectual disability in setting priorities for building community inclusion at a local government level

Local governments play an essential role in supporting people with intellectual disabilities to feel included in their local communities. Local-level inclusion is an increasing priority for councils and local authorities in many countries. However, people with intellectual disabilities themselves have had little involvement in setting the priorities for initiatives and activities in their local communities. In the project, the authors wanted to know what kinds of initiatives were being implemented and what people with an intellectual disability felt was important about these activities in their local communities. This paper focuses on how the involvement of people with intellectual disabilities has shaped the outcomes of the review and implications for research and practice. Implications for future policy and practice are that consultation should not be framed narrowly but invite people with intellectual disabilities into a conversation about change‐making at community and societal levels and seek their views on specific initiatives and activities. This opens up new opportunities to respond to the priorities of people with intellectual disabilities in local community‐building.