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Media Coverage of Autism Has Shifted From ‘Cause and Cure’ to ‘Acceptance’
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psychcentral.comA new study finds that the media’s coverage of autism has shifted over time from a focus on “cause and cure” toward one of acceptance and accommodation.
The study authors, who looked at 315 articles published from 2007 to 2017, chose to examine the influential Washington Post because it is widely read by legislators and policymakers.
The findings, published in the journal Disability and Society, suggest that media representations of autism are changing to reflect new public attitudes generated in part by the autistic rights movement. “There’s less focus on cause and a bigger focus on accommodation,” said co-author Noa Lewin, whose undergraduate senior thesis at the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC) was the basis of the
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