Moving Through a Textual Space Autistically.
Autism fiction
Autistic fiction
Autoethnography
Collective writing
Neurodivergent reading
Journal
The Journal of medical humanities
ISSN: 1573-3645
Titre abrégé: J Med Humanit
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 8917478
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
03 May 2023
03 May 2023
Historique:
accepted:
21
03
2023
medline:
3
5
2023
pubmed:
3
5
2023
entrez:
2
5
2023
Statut:
aheadofprint
Résumé
This article is an investigation of neurodivergent reading practices. It is a collectively written paper where the focus is as much on an autoethnographic exploration of our autistic readings of autism/autistic fiction as it is on the read texts themselves. The reading experiences described come primarily from Yoon Ha Lee's Dragon Pearl (2019) and Dahlia Donovan's The Grasmere Cottage Mystery (2018), which we experience as opposite each other in how they depict their neurodivergent characters and speak to us as autistic readers. Through the article, we describe a formation of neurodivergent (critical) collective readings of autism/autistic fiction. The article contributes to an academic and activistic discourse around neurodivergent reader responses and power relations between neurodivergent and neurotypical readers and authors.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37131117
doi: 10.1007/s10912-023-09797-y
pii: 10.1007/s10912-023-09797-y
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Informations de copyright
© 2023. The Author(s).
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