Navigating ‘normal’: the writing lives of students on the spectrum
Saunders, Pamela A
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Description
Title
Navigating ‘normal’: the writing lives of students on the spectrum
Author(s)
Saunders, Pamela A
Issue Date
2017-06-16
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Prendergast, Catherine
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Prendergast, Catherine
Committee Member(s)
Finnegan, Cara
Russell, Lindsay
Yergeau, Melanie
Department of Study
English
Discipline
English
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Disability
Autism
Neurodiversity
Composition
Accessibility
Accommodations
Writing
Qualitative
Abstract
“Navigating ‘Normal’” is a qualitative study of five autistic writers in higher education. Focusing on disability disclosure, classroom accommodations, and learning and writing processes, this project examines classroom inclusivity from the perspectives of neurodiverse students. I argue that my five participants demonstrate kairotic skill regarding appropriate times and places to disclose their autism diagnosis, and sophisticated rhetorical techniques for managing stigma and meeting their needs as learners in classrooms devoid of helpful accommodations. In pursuit of inclusivity, I call for writing classroom practices that decenter normalcy as the goal of pedagogical intervention, instead foregrounding student self-advocacy.
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