Narratives About Autism: An Analysis of YouTube Videos by Individuals Who Self-Identify as Autistic
| Autor: | Laura S. DeThorne, Henry Angulo-Jiménez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2019 |
| Předmět: |
Adult
Male 030506 rehabilitation Linguistics and Language Health Knowledge Attitudes Practice Adolescent Self-concept Video Recording Health knowledge Models Psychological Developmental psychology 03 medical and health sciences Speech and Hearing Young Adult Cost of Illness Adaptation Psychological Developmental and Educational Psychology Cost of illness medicine Humans 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Narrative Social media Asperger Syndrome Autistic Disorder Social Behavior Video recording Narration 05 social sciences Middle Aged medicine.disease Self Concept Otorhinolaryngology Autism Female 0305 other medical science Psychology Social Media 050104 developmental & child psychology |
| Zdroj: | American journal of speech-language pathology. 28(2) |
| ISSN: | 1558-9110 |
| Popis: | PurposeThe goal of this study was to expand the field's understanding of autism through the analysis of 1st-person perspectives from autistic video webloggers (vloggers).MethodThis study analyzed the representation of autism in 39 YouTube videos authored by self-identified autistic individuals and published between 2007 and 2015. Consistent with the cross-disciplinary tradition of narrative inquiry, thematic analyses of the video transcripts were conducted.FindingsVloggers were predominantly, but not exclusively, White male adults who spoke mainstream American English and self-identified as experiencing Asperger's syndrome. Key findings included (a) the predominance of a narrative about autism that incorporated features of both the medical model of disability and the neurodiversity paradigm to varying degrees, (b) a trend toward more medical model features across most content areas, and (c) a relatively high prevalence of neurodiversity paradigm features related specifically to language use and the description of autistic traits.ConclusionsImplications include the need for clinicians to (a) familiarize themselves with the varying views of autism held within the autistic community, (b) reflect on the language used to talk about autism and listen to how clients and/or their caregivers talk about it, and (c) consider the exploration of potential positive dimensions of autistic traits. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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