ERIC Number: EJ1373065
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 10
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ISSN: ISSN-1362-3613
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Integrating Autistic Perspectives into Autism Science: A Role for Autistic Autobiographies
Dinishak, Janette; Akhtar, Nameera
Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, v27 n3 p578-587 Apr 2023
Autism science faces several conceptual and ethical challenges. These include fundamental issues such as how to characterize autism and the fact that research findings and how they are interpreted sometimes contribute to negative perceptions of autistic people. We argue that some of these challenges can be addressed by centering the perspectives of autistic people and focus on one way to accomplish this: having non-autistic researchers critically engage with personal accounts of autistic experience. We discuss some of the advantages and challenges of engaging with these accounts and argue that they can play a role in the reform of autism science.
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Autobiographies, Researchers, Research Methodology, Justice, Participatory Research, Personal Narratives, Barriers
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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