Making the familiar strange and making the strange familiar: understanding Korean children's experiences of living with an autistic sibling

Based on the findings of a small-scale study using visual ethnographic techniques with nine South Korean children, this article explores the role of culture in understanding autism. While autism is embedded within the 'strange' and 'unfamiliar', linked to exclusion and discrimina...

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Published in:Disability & society 2010-08, Vol.25 (5), p.579-592
Main Authors: Hwang, Se Kwang, Charnley, Helen
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Attitude Measures
Attitudes toward Disabilities
Autism
Autistic children
Children
Children & youth
Confucian familism
Cultural Influences
Culture
Disability
Discrimination
Ethnography
Family Environment
Family relations
Foreign Countries
Handicapped
Korea
Korean Culture
Mentally disabled
Multiculturalism & pluralism
Physically Handicapped
Sibling Relationship
Siblings
Social Attitudes
Social Bias
South Korea
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Summary:Based on the findings of a small-scale study using visual ethnographic techniques with nine South Korean children, this article explores the role of culture in understanding autism. While autism is embedded within the 'strange' and 'unfamiliar', linked to exclusion and discrimination in Korean society, the children focussed on reframing their experiences of living with autism as 'ordinary'. Despite the limitations of the small sample, the richness and depth of data generated by children themselves offers new insights into children's interpretations and experiences of autism and raises interesting questions for cross cultural research in the field of disability.
ISSN:0968-7599
1360-0508
DOI:10.1080/09687599.2010.489305