Qualitative Research with Neurodivergent People

M. Ariel Cascio is Assistant Professor in the Center for Bioethics and Social Justice and the Department of Medicine at Michigan State University. They are the co-editor of Research Involving Participants with Cognitive Disability and Differences: Ethics, Autonomy, Inclusion, and Innovation (2019). Alice Scavarda is Assistant Professor in Sociology at the University of Torino, where she teaches Sociology of Health and Illness and Qualitative Methods. She is co-chair of Graphic Medicine Europe. Her main research interests lie at the intersection between Neurodiversity Studies, Disability Studies and Creative Methods.

• Introduction; Part I. Initiating Research: 1. Community engagement, recruitment, preparation for research sessions; 2. Initiating research by using different qualitative research methods; Part II. Collecting and Analyzing Data: 3. Constructing, piloting and using data collection methods; 4. Interviews; 5. Participant observation/shadowing; 6. Visual methods: photo-elicitation, PhotoVoice and comics-based research; 7. Performative methods: crafting artefacts and using ethnodrama; Part III. Concluding Research: 8. Involving individuals and local communities in debriefing and feedback sessions; 9. Concluding research while using specific qualitative methods; 10. Conclusion.