Autistic adults have become increasingly visible in media, but challenges with representation persist
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30 June 2022Autistic adults have become increasingly visible in media, but challenges with representation persist
New research from UC Santa Cruz shows incremental improvements in the representation of autistic adults in film, television, books, media coverage, and advocacy organization websites. The study, published in the journal Autism in Adulthood, follows up on a 2011 paper, “Infantilizing Autism,” in Disability Studies Quarterly, which had found that popular portrayals of autism were overwhelmingly focused on children.
