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.

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.

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.