Kids Across the Spectrums
Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age
Published on 15. August 2023
Book
Paperback/Softback
328 pages
978-0-262-54536-5 (ISBN)
Description
"This book critiques and complicates the stereotypes of autistic youth by presenting the first in-depth ethnographic study of their everyday uses of media and technology"--
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Language
English
Place of publication
Cambridge (Massachusetts)
United States
Publishing group
MIT Press Ltd
Illustrations
5 BLACK AND WHITE ILLUS.
Dimensions
Height: 152 mm
Width: 229 mm
Thickness: 30 mm
Weight
394 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-262-54536-5 (9780262545365)
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08/2023
MIT Press
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Person
Meryl Alper is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. She is the author of Digital Youth with Disabilities and Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality (both MIT Press).
Content
Acknowledgments vii
1 Introduction 1
Belonging
2 Identity 35
3 Learning 65
Relationships
4 Family 99
5 Friendship 129
Embodiment
6 Senses 155
7 Emotions 177
8 Conclusion 203
Appendix: Methods 219
Notes 235
Index 299
1 Introduction 1
Belonging
2 Identity 35
3 Learning 65
Relationships
4 Family 99
5 Friendship 129
Embodiment
6 Senses 155
7 Emotions 177
8 Conclusion 203
Appendix: Methods 219
Notes 235
Index 299