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May, Shaun – Research in Drama Education, 2017
This paper discusses a project that used comedy workshops to explore the humour of autistic teenagers, focusing the discussion around three traits often -- and negatively -- associated with autism. The paper will then point to ways of rethinking these traits, and argue that doing so opens up a space for considering the aesthetics of comedy on the…
Descriptors: Autism, Humor, Workshops, Aesthetics
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Rosqvist, Hanna Bertilsdotter – Disability & Society, 2012
The purpose of this article is to analyse how humour and narratives about humour are used in a natural group of adults with Asperger's syndrome. Narratives about humour and use of humour in the group are analysed from a discursive psychological perspective, informed by insights from both disability studies and critical autism studies. The setting…
Descriptors: Autism, Asperger Syndrome, Foreign Countries, Attitudes toward Disabilities
Chronicle of Higher Education, 2004
"Chronicle of Higher Education" presents an abundant source of news and information for college and university faculty members and administrators. This March 5, 2004 issue of "Chronicle of Higher Education" includes the following articles: (1) "Good Policies on Student Vaccination can Inoculate College Against Risk"…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Risk, Disease Control, Computers