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Appreciating and Promoting Social Creativity in Youth with Asperger’s Syndrome
18 Jan 2018
Abstract
Individuals with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) experience characteristic social and communicative challenges while also representing a wide range of abilities. A plurality of children with ASD exhibit average to exceptional intellectual capacity; they are often considered to be twice exceptional inasmuch as they often exhibit deep knowledge of specific topics yet sometimes have difficulty applying this knowledge flexibly, especially in social situations. Such difficulty in processing and flexibly adapting to social information has long been considered a hallmark of ASD. This chapter considers this claim in the presence of evidence that, in fact, many individuals with ASD show normative or even exceptional creativity (including social creativity); that such abilities can act as a source of social connection for many children and adolescents; and that these capacities can be fostered, nurtured, and supported in those with ASD.
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Details
- Title
- Appreciating and Promoting Social Creativity in Youth with Asperger’s Syndrome
- Creators
- Matthew D. LernerRebecca M. Girard
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Resource Type
- Book
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- A.J. Drexel Autism Institute
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-85052958411
- Other Identifier
- 0190645474; 9780190645472; 9780190645496; 0190645490; 991021862291904721