ABSTRACT
In valuing person- (client-, patient-) centeredness in occupational therapy practice and occupational science research, considerations surrounding how the person is being included and valued at the center of knowledge production are key. How might occupational scientists or occupational therapists, as researchers and co-producers of knowledge, facilitate the meaningful inclusion of people in research processes that can impact their future occupational engagement? In this chapter the authors focus on the use of visual arts-based methodologies for exploring the experiences of participants, positioning such methodologies as means through which to invite historically marginalized (often seen as ‘vulnerable’) populations into research that concerns them. Throughout the authors bring in illustrative examples of their work with young people living with acquired brain injury.
