Kids Across the Spectrums
Growing Up Autistic in the Digital Age
$81.98
- Paperback
328 pages
- Release Date
19 September 2023
Summary
An ethnographic study of diverse children on the autism spectrum and the role of media and technology in their everyday lives.
In spite of widespread assumptions that young people on the autism spectrum have a “natural” attraction to technology—a premise that leads to significant speculation about how media helps or harms them—relatively little research actually exists about their everyday tech use. In Kids Across the Spectrums, Meryl Alper fills this gap with the first book-…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262545365 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0262545365 |
| Author: | Meryl Alper |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 328 |
| Release Date: | 19 September 2023 |
| Weight: | 369g |
| Dimensions: | 152mm x 229mm |
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Critics Review
“A more expansive, empathetic and complicated portrait of autistic kids, through the lens of tech and media, than much past research and popular portrayals.”
—NGN Magazine
Meryl Alper
Meryl Alper is Associate Professor of Communication Studies at Northeastern University. She is the author of Digital Youth with Disabilities and Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality (both MIT Press).
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