Not robots; Cyborgs — Furthering anti-ableist research in human-computer interaction
This publication is included in the Autistic Autism Scholarship Project. one author of this publication is identified as autistic in the project.
About the autistic author markerGuberman, J. & Haimson, O. (2023). Not robots; Cyborgs — Furthering anti-ableist research in human-computer interaction. First Monday. https://doi.org/10.5210/fm.v28i1.12910
- Journal or book title
- First Monday
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- University of Illinois Libraries
Publication date:
16 Jan 2023
Added to AutiHub: 17 Aug 2026
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Article
Article language: English
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2
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1 / 2 (50.0%)
Abstract
This theoretical essay builds on existing literature to draw out the consequences of dehumanizing and disseminating autism discourses within the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Focusing mainly on narratives in HCI that frame autistic people as or like machines, we explore how dominant constructions of autism in HCI work to normalize the field’s complicity in violent autism intervention paradigms, despite HCI researchers’ well-meaning intentions. We work towards developing crip-cyborgs as an alternative framework for understanding autistic people (as opposed to computers or robots) and suggest crip technoscience as a framework for research based on this alternative understanding. In doing so, we hope to enroll misguided but well-intentioned researchers in dismantling anti-autistic ableism, both in and beyond HCI.
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5 / 37 (13.5%) cited references include at least one author identified as autistic.
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25 / 68 (36.8%) names are linked to an author already present in AutiHub. 43 / 68 (63.2%) names are not yet linked.
Names linked to a person identified as autistic
6 / 68 (8.8%)
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