“Here to Have Fun and Fight Ableism”: #Autisktok User Bios as Neuroqueer Micro-Activist Platform Affordances
Jessica Sage Rauchberg,
Meryl Alper,
Ellen Simpson
et al.
Abstract:User biography sections on digital social platforms (hereafter described as “user bios” or “bios”) are spaces for account holders to take narrative ownership in communicating their identities to other users and interlocutors. Online platforms, such as social media, are increasingly used as community hubs for disabled groups, and especially for autistic people (Author; Author; Sins Invalid, 2019). We focus on #Autisktok, one of many enclaves for autistic community building and cultural production on TikTok. Thr… Show more
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