The St. Elsewhere Podcast : Autism in Popular Culture and AtypicalHectorCourtney CoulsonChris Bass
pThe purpose of this paper is to explore how exceptional characters with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) are typified in a world that is becoming increasingly influenced by popular media. Considerations focus on how these representations may or may not affect realistic social understandings of childre...
I find that the characterization and plot formulation in the two novels largely conform to and further reinforce the conventional, stereotypical and monolithic representations of autism in the popular culture, in which people with autism are either victimized as tragic characters, or in contrast, ...
and the practice is used in many therapeutic interventions. Mindfulness has also made it into popular culture as a practice that can increase well-being. Some of the practices of mindfulness include specific breathwork (Aideyan et al., 2020),meditation, and...
Media literacy in religious education: Engaging popular culture to enhance religious experience Making traditions "accessible" and making the connections between traditions and transformation "manifest" (this is Boys's definition of religious education), is a challenging endeavor in mass mediated popular ...
(In popular culture autistic boys are regularly portrayed as ‘idiot savants’ or wearing thick glasses, a white coat, and a pocket protector). A girl who fixates on one narrow STEM-related topic would more likely be portrayed in popular culture as a highly intelligent nerd....
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Sociocultural theory is an emerging theory in psychology that looks at the important contributions that society makes to individual development. This theory stresses the interaction between developing people and the culture in which they live. Sociocultural theory grew from the work of seminal ...
Much attention is currently being given to “Aspies” in popular culture. There are several current television shows with characters who are supposed to represent various autistic traits – with varying degrees of accuracy and dignity. Diagnosis of Autism Spectrum Disorders ...
In spite of the familiarity of autistic stereotypes such as Star Trek's Mr Spock, more completely described characters with autism are still unusual. In recent years there has been a growing interest in autism, mirrored by an increase in depictions of autism in popular works of......