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Valuing Writers from a Neurodiversity Perspective: Integrating New Research on Autism Spectrum Disorder into Composition Pedagogy
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Tomlinson, Elizabeth; Newman, Sara – Composition Studies, 2017
This study investigates how individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD) approach writing tasks. We draw from the largest sample of autistic individuals to date in our field to argue for the value of understanding ASD writers through the lens of neurodiversity. The neurodiversity approach focuses on autism as a part of human experience and…
Descriptors: Autism, Pervasive Developmental Disorders, Writing Instruction, Writing (Composition)