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Nishimiya Sh?ko is the female protagonist in the hit Japanese manga and anime film adaptation, A Silent Voice. She is introduced as a transfer student to a sixth-grade classroom and is immediately 'othered' for her deafness....

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Living in the 19th century, Helen DeKroyft was an incredibly popular and highly praised blind orator and author. Her ability to gain such success was not only due to her intelligence, but also due to the ability for audiences to...

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This project investigates representations of autism and autistic experiences in contemporary drama. The project consists of researching and analyzing these stereotypical and often problematic representations as well as writing...

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The goal of the present study was to examine the influence of stigma, disclosure, and affect on treatment and accommodation seeking (uptake and confidence) in both an undergraduate and workforce population for those with an...

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Twenty-first-century children's literature research has witnessed a material turn in strong response to the 1990s perception of childhood and the fictional child as social constructions. Cultural theories have generated...

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