Jak pisać o autyzmie? Neuroróżnorodność w literaturze dziecięcej i młodzieżowej
How to Write About Autism? Neurodiversity in Children's and Young Adult Literature
Author(s): Jagoda WielkiewiczSubject(s): Comparative Study of Literature, Book-Review, Sociology of Literature
Published by: Wydział Polonistyki Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: autism; children's and young adult literature; neurodiversity; disability; representation; self-advocacy;
Summary/Abstract: This review article discusses the monograph Spektrum opowieści. Bohaterowie w spektrum autyzmu w literaturze dla dzieci i młodzieży XXI w. w świetle teorii neuroróżnorodności [A Spectrum of Stories: Characters on the Autism Spectrum in 21st-Century Children's and Young Adult Literature in Light of Neurodiversity Theory] by Katarzyna Mikke (2024). The book analyses the literary representations of autism in both Polish and English-language children's and young adult books as well as examines how various types of autistic characters have evolved over the past 30 years. This paper serves both as a summary of the publication and a critical commentary.
Journal: Dzieciństwo. Literatura i Kultura
- Issue Year: 7/2025
- Issue No: 1
- Page Range: 264-277
- Page Count: 14
- Language: Polish
