“What’s the point of having friends?”: Reformulating Notions of the Meaning of Friends and Friendship among Autistic People
In this paper we discuss the notion of 'autistic friendship'. Drawing on articles published in the Swedish advocacy magazine Empowerment, written for and by autistic people, a thematic analysis explores two interrelated themes: the meaning and performance of friendship in non-autistic (NT)...
Main Authors: | Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, Charlotte Brownlow, Lindsay O´Dell |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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The Ohio State University Libraries
2015-11-01
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Series: | Disability Studies Quarterly |
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Online Access: | http://dsq-sds.org/article/view/3254 |
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