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  Alienating Asperger’s: Parenthood and What’s Wrong With Max

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  Avery Holton University of Utah

  May 12, 2014

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  Alienating Asperger’s: Parenthood and What’s Wrong With Max representations of disability disabilities autism in the media autism Asperger's Curator's Note The opportunities for the entertainment media to enlighten the public on complex issues a ...
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  Primetime Portrait: The Depiction of Asperger’s on "Parenthood"

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  Kaitlin Sweetman NYU

  April 05, 2011

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  Primetime Portrait: The Depiction of Asperger’s on "Parenthood" representations of disability network television autism Asperger's Curator's Note Parents of children who have forms of autism praise Parenthood’s depiction of a family wi ...
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  Performance and Play: Mental Disability and the Class Character of Tarnation

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  Rachel Thibault University of Massachusetts, Amherst

  December 01, 2010

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  one that makes Tarnation possible in the first place. The film portrays mental illness not as obstacle ...
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  A Disabling Environment

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  Katie Ellis Murdoch University

  November 29, 2010

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  stuck in the rain and late for his job interview. When he finally arrives he can not possibly be ... on his part. Both Finklestein’s thought experiment and the Talk! films show that it is possible to ... new possibilities for media representation. ...