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Autism in Young Adult Novels

Autor Marilyn Irwin, Annette Y. Goldsmith, Rachel Applegate
en Limba Engleză Hardback – 16 iun 2015
An estimated 1 in 110 children in the United States has autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Although the public awareness of autism has grown significantly, teens are not as educated about this subject as they should be. When accurately and positively presented, literature has been shown to help the classmates of those with ASD better understand the disorder. Increased familiarity with the subject will, in turn, help foster acceptance. In Autism in Young Adult Novels: An Annotated Bibliography, Marilyn Irwin, Annette Y. Goldsmith, and Rachel Applegate identify and assess teen fiction with autism content. In the first section, the authors analyze how characters with ASD are presented. Where do they live and go to school? Do they have friends? Do they have good relationships with their family? How are they treated by others? The authors also consider whether autism is accurately presented. This discussion is followed by a comprehensive bibliography of books that feature a character identified as being on the autism spectrum. The novels reviewed in this volume date as far back as the late 1960s and include works published in the last few years. As more and more authors of young adult fiction become sensitive to ASD, they are featuring such characters in their novels, creating more realistic works for their readers. This study will help librarians and others collect, choose, evaluate, and use these works to educate young adults.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781442251830
ISBN-10: 1442251832
Pagini: 166
Ilustrații: 1 black & white illustrations, 30 tables
Dimensiuni: 157 x 231 x 18 mm
Greutate: 0.39 kg
Editura: Rowman & Littlefield

Notă biografică

Marilyn Irwin is associate professor emerita in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Indianapolis. Her teaching and research interests have been in disabilities and literature for youth. Irwin has chaired and served on the American Library Association¿s (ALA) Schneider Family Book Award jury and has held numerous elected and appointed positions within ALA¿s Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies. Annette Y. Goldsmith is lecturer in the University of Washington Information School. She is coauthor of HIV/AIDS in Young Adult Novels: An Annotated Bibliography (Scarecrow, 2010). She has chaired and served on the Association for Library Service to Children Mildred L. Batchelder Award. Rachel Applegate is chair of the Library and Information Science Department in the School of Informatics and Computing at Indiana University, Indianapolis. She is the author of Practical Evaluation Techniques for Librarians (2013) and is an accrediting site visitor and team chair for the Higher Learning Commission and the American Library Association.

Cuprins

Foreword by Barbara Klipper Introduction: What Do Young Adult Novels Have to Say about Autism? Part I: Autism in Young Adult Novels 1. Autism in Novels for Young Adults 2. Who Has Autism? 3. Portrayal of the Character with Autism 4. Family Life 5. Autism in Young Adult Novels, 1968-2013: A Summary Part II: Annotated Bibliographies Annotated Bibliography of Novels with Autism Specified, 1968-2013 Annotated Bibliography Where Autism Appears to be Present, But Not Specified Appendix A The Role of Autism in the Novel (Central to Plot, Subplot) Appendix B Autism Novels by Literary Quality Appendix C Autism Novels by Genre Appendix D Autism Novels by Year of Publication Appendix E Autism Novels First Published Outside the United States Appendix F Coding Sheets Index About the Authors

Descriere

In this volume, the authors identify and assess all young adult novels that include autism content-either suggested or stated overtly-beginning with a novel published in 1968.