Moving Through a Textual Space Autistically

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Bertilsdotter Rosqvist, H., Nygren, A., & O’Donoghue, S. (2023). Moving Through a Textual Space Autistically. Journal of Medical Humanities, 45(1), 17-34. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10912-023-09797-y

Publication date: 3 May 2023 Added to AutiHub: 4 Jul 2026 Type: Article Article language: English
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2 / 3 (66.7%)
  1. Hanna Bertilsdotter Rosqvist *
  2. Anna Nygren
  3. Sarinah O’Donoghue *

Abstract

This article is an investigation of neurodivergent reading practices. It is a collectively written paper where the focus is as much on an autoethnographic exploration of our autistic readings of autism/autistic fiction as it is on the read texts themselves. The reading experiences described come primarily from Yoon Ha Lee's Dragon Pearl (2019) and Dahlia Donovan's The Grasmere Cottage Mystery (2018), which we experience as opposite each other in how they depict their neurodivergent characters and speak to us as autistic readers. Through the article, we describe a formation of neurodivergent (critical) collective readings of autism/autistic fiction. The article contributes to an academic and activistic discourse around neurodivergent reader responses and power relations between neurodivergent and neurotypical readers and authors.

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Among linked cited-author occurrences only. Across all cited-author occurrences: 10 / 64 (15.6%). Distinct linked cited authors not identified as autistic: 10 / 24 (41.7%).
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