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Moving Through a Textual Space Autistically.
Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist1, Anna Nygren2, Sarinah O'Donoghue3
1School of Social Sciences, Södertörn University, Alfred Nobels Allé 7, S-141 89, Huddinge, Sweden. hanna.bertilsdotterrosqvist@sh.se.
The Journal of Medical Humanities
|May 2, 2023
Summary
This study explores autistic reading practices in fiction, highlighting how neurodivergent readers interpret autism narratives differently. It emphasizes the unique insights gained from collective, autoethnographic analysis of neurodivergent characters in literature.
Area of Science:
- Neuroscience
- Literary Studies
- Disability Studies
Background:
- Neurodivergent individuals often experience unique reading practices and perspectives.
- Existing literature on autism/autistic fiction may not fully capture neurodivergent reader responses.
- Autoethnography offers a valuable lens for exploring personal and collective experiences with texts.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate neurodivergent reading practices, specifically focusing on autistic readers' experiences with autism/autistic fiction.
- To explore the autoethnographic process of collectively analyzing fictional portrayals of neurodivergent characters.
- To contribute to academic and activist discourse on neurodivergent reader responses and power dynamics.
Main Methods:
- Collective autoethnographic writing approach.
- Analysis of reader experiences with specific texts: Yoon Ha Lee's Dragon Pearl (2019) and Dahlia Donovan's The Grasmere Cottage Mystery (2018).
- Focus on contrasting depictions of neurodivergent characters and their impact on autistic readers.
Main Results:
- Identified distinct neurodivergent (critical) collective readings of autism/autistic fiction.
- Highlighted contrasting portrayals of neurodivergent characters in the analyzed texts.
- Demonstrated the value of autoethnography in understanding autistic reader responses.
Conclusions:
- Neurodivergent reading practices offer unique insights into autism/autistic fiction.
- Collective autoethnographic analysis can reveal power dynamics between neurodivergent and neurotypical readers/authors.
- Further research into neurodivergent reader responses is crucial for academic and activist discourse.
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