Introduction: Disability and Life Writing

Many of these issue from people who are autistic rather than, as was previously the case, from their parents. [...] autism is more likely to be depicted as a form of neurodiversity in need of acknowledgment and accommodation than as a curse in need of a cure. [...] today, as the parents of baby-boom...

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Published inJournal of literary & cultural disability studies Vol. 5; no. 3; pp. 229 - 241
Main Author Couser, G. Thomas
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Liverpool Liverpool University Press 01.10.2011
Subjects
Alcoholism
Autism
Autobiographies
Disability
Eating Disorders
Hustvedt, Siri
Illnesses
Mental disorders
Narratives
Neurological Impairments
Pain
Parents & parenting
Politics
Writing
New York
United States > US
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Summary:Many of these issue from people who are autistic rather than, as was previously the case, from their parents. [...] autism is more likely to be depicted as a form of neurodiversity in need of acknowledgment and accommodation than as a curse in need of a cure. [...] today, as the parents of baby-boomers age and decline, narratives of Alzheimer's are becoming numerous. [...] I want to thank the members of the JLCDS Editorial Board who helped with this special issue by reviewing submissions-namely, Jim Berger, Lucy Burke, Johnson Fan Cheu, Elizabeth Donaldson, Jim Ferris, Chris Gabbard, Richard Ingram, Mark Mossman, Diane Price Herndl, Julia Miele Rodas, Irene Rose, David Serlin, and Martha Stoddard-Holmes.
ISSN:1757-6458
1757-6466
DOI:10.3828/jlcds.2011.20