Abstract
<span>According to the literature, there are problems inherent in interviewing people with intellectual disabilities. This paper reports on a small pilot project in which photographs were used to assist in interviews with such informants, the idea being that this might help to circumvent some of these problems. This author took pictures of some informants in daily life situations in their own homes. Other informants, living in other grouped homes, were asked to take pictures themselves. The photographs were examined collaboratively by the informant and the author in an interview‐as‐conversation situation. The photographs supplied a concrete point of departure for conversations, provided informants with a helpful platform for expressing points of view, supplied contextual clues helpful in understanding informants’ actual language, and enhanced “serendipity” in the interview situations.</span>
Highlights
IntroductionThere are problems inherent in interviewing people with intellectual disabilities
According to the literature, there are problems inherent in interviewing people with intellectual disabilities
Looking for alternative ways, I came upon the idea of autophotography (Ender, 1997) and read about photography as a research method (e.g. Collier & Collier, 1986)
Summary
There are problems inherent in interviewing people with intellectual disabilities. Though people with intellectual disabilities are reported to be both willing and able to tell about their lives and activities, many authors still report of problems inherent in interviewing such informants (e.g.Azmi, Hatton, Emerson, & Caine, 1997; Biklen & Moseley, 1988; Carnaby, 1997; Flynn, 1986; Jahoda, Markova, & Cattermole, 1988; McVilly, 1995; Sigelman et al, 1981; T0ssebro, 1990; T0ssebro, 1992; Wyngaarden, 1981). These social construction of "what happened"" actual, or potential, problems seem to (p5) in the situations and events we stress the importance of how questions come to talk about
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