Reflexive thematic analysis

A qualitative research method developed by Braun and Clarke that involves the researcher actively and reflexively generating themes from data, rather than treating themes as pre-existing entities to be discovered. Unlike other thematic analysis approaches, RTA explicitly positions the researcher as an interpretive agent whose subjectivity, positionality, and theoretical commitments shape the analysis. In accessibility and disability research, RTA is particularly valued because it accommodates the positionality of disabled researchers studying disability, and supports analyses informed by frameworks like the social model of disability and disability justice.