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Published on: April 22, 2015
Articulating Sensory Sensitivity: From Bodies with Autism to Autistic Bodies
1a Mandel School for Advanced Studies in the Humanities , The Hebrew University of Jerusalem , Jerusalem , Israel.
Abstract:
Drawing on ethnographic evidence from several communities of autistic adults in the UK, I explore the crucial role of the body and the senses in the enactment of autistic subjectivities. Following their initiation into autism-related social groups, members begin using such concepts as triggers, overload, shutdown, and meltdown to refer to their bodily experiences of distress. They then face the task of investing these ambiguous concepts with meaning, through nurturing an increased awareness to their body's relationship with its material surrounding. This cultivation of sensitivity ultimately culminates in the transformation of their bodies into what might be termed autistic bodies.
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