Diagnostic advertisements: The phantom disabilities created by social media surveillance

This theoretical essay builds on existing literature to draw out the consequences of dehumanizing and disseminating autism discourses within the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Focusing mainly on narratives in HCI that frame autistic people as or like machines, we explore how dominant con...

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Published inFirst Monday Vol. 28; no. 1
Main Author Gaeta, Amy
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago University of Illinois at Chicago Library 16.01.2023
Subjects
Algorithms
Health & beauty aids
Online advertising
Social networks
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ISSN1396-0466
1396-0458
1396-0466
DOI10.5210/fm.v28i1.12913

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Summary:This theoretical essay builds on existing literature to draw out the consequences of dehumanizing and disseminating autism discourses within the field of human-computer interaction (HCI). Focusing mainly on narratives in HCI that frame autistic people as or like machines, we explore how dominant constructions of autism in HCI work to normalize the field’s complicity in violent autism intervention paradigms, despite HCI researchers’ well-meaning intentions. We work towards developing crip-cyborgs as an alternative framework for understanding autistic people (as opposed to computers or robots) and suggest crip technoscience as a framework for research based on this alternative understanding. In doing so, we hope to enroll misguided but well-intentioned researchers in dismantling anti-autistic ableism, both in and beyond HCI.
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ISSN:1396-0466
1396-0458
1396-0466
DOI:10.5210/fm.v28i1.12913