Representations of autism in Australian print media

Disability and Society

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 5-18

  Jones, Sandra C ^a   Harwood, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

Author keywords

Autism; Discourse; Media representation

Indexed keywords

EID: 60849116717     PISSN: 09687599     EISSN: 13600508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09687590802535345     Document Type: Article

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