“…The identification of specific groups may assist researchers and members of research ethics review committees in their examination of a specific group’s circumstances, the ethical advisability of including or excluding its members in proposed research, and the need for special protections should they be included (DuBois et al, 2014). However, the categorization of entire groups and classes of persons “assumes a baseline standard for a default paradigmatic research subject” that does not exist (Luna, 2018, p. 3), fails to consider the varying levels of ability and needs of individuals within those groups, may stigmatize and harm individuals believed to be encompassed within those groups (Delgado Rodriguez, 2017), and may reify already-existing stereotypes and disempower their members (DuBois et al, 2014; Eckenwiler, Ells, Feinholz, & Schonfeld, 2008; Levine, 2004; Levine et al, 2004; Schrems, 2014). In addition, the specification of these groups focuses on the possession of specific characteristics without consideration of either the nature or context of the research itself (DeBruin, 2001; Grady, 2009; Levine et al, 2004; Schrems, 2014).…”