'Coming out' on the spectrum: Autism, identity and disclosure

Social and Cultural Geography

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 155-170

  Davidson, Joyce ^a   Henderson, Victoria L ^a  

^a QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Passing'; Autism; Autobiography; Disclosure; Discourse analysis

Indexed keywords

BIOGRAPHY; CULTURE; DISABILITY; GEOGRAPHICAL THEORY; SOCIAL THEORY; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 76949096731     PISSN: 14649365     EISSN: 14701197     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14649360903525240     Document Type: Article

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