Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia

This doctoral thesis aims to provide a study of Autism and advocacy movement on the internet from Indonesian cultural context by applying a critical disability studies approach. The thesis concludes that Autism culture on the internet, in the form of the neurodiversity movement, provide a form of se...

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Main Author: Hersinta
Format: Thesis
Published: Curtin University 2020
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82188
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description This doctoral thesis aims to provide a study of Autism and advocacy movement on the internet from Indonesian cultural context by applying a critical disability studies approach. The thesis concludes that Autism culture on the internet, in the form of the neurodiversity movement, provide a form of self-awareness among some Autistics in this study – to view themselves beyond the medical definition of Autism that perceives them as ‘disabled’ by a mainstream or neurotypical culture.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-821882020-12-17T05:54:18Z Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia Hersinta This doctoral thesis aims to provide a study of Autism and advocacy movement on the internet from Indonesian cultural context by applying a critical disability studies approach. The thesis concludes that Autism culture on the internet, in the form of the neurodiversity movement, provide a form of self-awareness among some Autistics in this study – to view themselves beyond the medical definition of Autism that perceives them as ‘disabled’ by a mainstream or neurotypical culture. 2020 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82188 Curtin University fulltext
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Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia
title Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia
title_full Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia
title_fullStr Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia
title_full_unstemmed Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia
title_short Communicating Autism on the Internet The Emerging of Neurodiversity Movement in Indonesia
title_sort communicating autism on the internet the emerging of neurodiversity movement in indonesia
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/82188