NAU News Feature
October 3, 2019
When NAU researcher Heather Williamson wanted to explore how Native American adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their family caregivers experience health and wellness, she thought it was best to let them show her by taking their own photos.
“Having a photo to look at helped create conversation,” Williamson said. “If I asked a question, they may not have come up with as many ideas as when they had a photo to prompt them and they could talk about it on their own time and in the own terms.”
Guided by a Community Advisory Board (CAB) and the university’s tribal liaison, the community-engaged research project through the Center for Health Equity Research (CHER) worked with four Native American men with intellectual or developmental disabilities and their self-selected caregivers. Read more …