Neurodiversity and disability: an analysis of social movement framing in dialog between parents and autistic self-advocates
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Authors
Linehan, Thomas B.
Date
8/19/2014
Type
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electronic thesis or dissertation
electronic thesis or dissertation
Language
en_US
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Electronic Thesis or Dissertation
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Neurodiversity, the idea that people experience the world differently based on their neurological attributes, is emerging as an understanding of autism and other disabilities as well as the basis of a social movement. This is an idea not without controversy. Using disability studies as the conceptual anchor, this dissertation looks closely at an online dialog between two key stakeholders in the neurodiversity debate: parents of children with autism and autistic adult self-advocates. Using frame analysis as an analytic tool, it explores social movement frames and framing practices utilized in the dialog. Both the particular dimensions of autism/disability representations that emerged and the practices used by dialog participants to construct them have implications for educators, which are discussed.