Descriptive Qualitative Research On Autism

CHAPTER 2: RESEARCH METHOD

RESEARCH DESIGN Understanding lived experience as a human experience, research about caregivers with children with autism can create a community of sharing and potentially, a network of understanding for caregivers who are in a similar situation. Phenomenology helps us to begin the journey of understanding, especially because our current understanding is so limited. The researchers have made used of descriptive qualitative phenomenological approach where it can reach its goal to enlighten. This qualitative research design makes you follow a research method that will let you understand the ways of how people go through in evitable events in their lives. (Baraceros,2016,p.23,86)

RESEARCH LOCALE This study was

They were selected using the following criteria: (1) Parents/guardian or primary caregivers who have been caring for the child having autism since they discovered it. (2) SPED teachers who encountered to teach child with autism for more information. (3) Parents/guardians/SPED teachers who is willingly give their opinions and tells their experience and feelings towards their child with autism.

The number of informants was guided by the principle of data saturation, which was occurred when categories and ideas become redundant and repetitive, such as the answers in what the researchers was ask and with this, the researchers gathered 7 informants for the study. Data saturation was achieved on the 5 informants.

SAMPLING TECHNIQUES This study used a snowball sampling techniques where it does not give specific set of samples. The early members where ask to refer or recommend another sample or dealing with varied groups or individuals who is willingly to conductively participate and give information in this

The researchers also utilized active observations during the interview, for them to see how sincere the informants while having interview to gathered data in direct way to study the behaviour of the informants. The researchers used a grand question "what are the struggles and challenges face by the primary caregivers towards their child with autism?" Through this question, the researchers were able to explore and understand the lived experience of primary caregivers and even the SPED teachers. Follow up question where also asked but not limited to the following:

1. How the informants handle the tantrums of their child with autism?

2. Is the informants comes to the point where they want to give up caring autistic children?

3. If the informants was having a disease when they are pregnant in their child.? The study and the questionnaire were approved by the Research Adviser specifically from Dr. Yanga's Colleges Inc. In addition, the informants must fully understand the objectives of the present study and a written consent and intent were obtained to them.

DATA GATHERING