Authentic representations or stereotyped ‘outliers’: using the CARS2 to assess film portrayals of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Garner, Andrea; Jones, Sandra C.; Harwood, Valerie

doi:10.1080/17542863.2015.1041993

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“…It is perhaps not surprising that visible, externalised aspects are more accessible to non-autistic people who have limited exposure to autistic people in their daily lives. For many of these people their ‘understanding’ will have come from portrayals in the entertainment media, which typically focus on more visible and stereotypical characteristics of autism (Conn and Bhugra 2012 ; Garner et al 2015 ).…”

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Autism in Australia: Community Knowledge and Autistic People’s Experiences

Jones

Akram

Gordon

et al. 2021

J Autism Dev Disord

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Autism in Australia: Community Knowledge and Autistic People’s Experiences

Jones

Akram

Gordon

et al. 2021

J Autism Dev Disord

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“…However, the accuracy of autistic stereotypes has been brought into question, with evidence suggesting that the vast majority of autistic people are not savants (Conn and Bhugra, 2012; Draaisma, 2009; Freeman-Loftis, 2015) or emotionless (Tierney et al, 2016). With this in mind, Garner et al (2015) conducted a study using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS 2; Schopler et al, 2010) to measure the accuracy of film portrayals of autistic people according to 15 behavioural categories (e.g. relating, listening and intellect).…”

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“…With this in mind, Garner, Jones and Harwood (2015) conducted a study using the Childhood Autism Rating Scale (CARS, 2) (Schopler, Van Bourgondien, Wellman et al, 2010) to measure the accuracy of film portrayals of autistic people according to 15 behavioural categories (e.g., relating, listening and intellect). Findings demonstrated that 13 out of the 15 films rated characterised autistic people as having a higher total mean score on the scale, indicative of more severe symptoms according to the CARS 2, than would be found in the normal population of people with ASD.…”

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Autistic people’s perspectives on stereotypes: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

Treweek

Wood

Martin

et al. 2018

Autism

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Autism stereotypes can often portray autistic people in a negative way. However, few studies have looked at how autistic people think they are perceived by others, and none have specifically asked autistic people what they think the autistic stereotypes are. Semi-structured interviews with twelve autistic adults (aged between 20-63 years) were conducted. Using Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis, three main themes emerged from the data. These were: (1) primary stereotype is that autistic people are 'weird'; (2) autistic stereotypes have negative effects and consequences; (3) autistic people are heterogeneous. This study makes an important and novel contribution to understanding the experience of being autistic in several ways by exploring how autistic people feel they are perceived by others and identifying some of the ways in which negative stereotypes are believed to have negative consequences for autistic people.

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“…However, the current study offered the insight that the TV media had adverse effects on the knowledge related to ASD manifestations and deficits. As pinpointed by the mass media researchers, the TV media might portray the extreme representations of ASD as profoundly disabled persons or savants which lead to public misconceptions about ASD (Garner, Jones & Harwood 2015). Therefore, the authorities need to be aware that the TV media is not disseminating enough factual information about ASD.…”

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A Survey of Lay Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Malaysia

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2021

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Today, increasingly more people worldwide are aware about Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). However, their actual understanding about ASD is yet unknown. In this study, the lay knowledge on the social communication and language deficits of ASD was investigated using a brief survey involving an elite sample in Malaysia. The survey findings revealed that the vast majority of the respondents had superficial understanding about the social communication and language deficits of ASD. In general, they could relate to ASD as a type of learning disability, but they were less familiar with the diagnostic features and remedial needs of ASD. Another key finding was that the respondents reported different sources of obtaining ASD knowledge according to their demographic profiles (namely age, gender, education and occupation), which correspondingly led to variability in the type of knowledge they obtained. Together, the findings implied that content-specific ASD awareness programs through the right channels are warranted for optimizing efficacy in knowledge transfer and minimizing redundancy in existing ASD awareness campaigns. Increased lay knowledge on ASD will provide a public guardian ground for children with ASD to ensure that the challenges faced by them can be identified at an early age for optimizing the remedial outcomes.

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Authentic representations or stereotyped ‘outliers’: using the CARS2 to assess film portrayals of Autism Spectrum Disorders

Cited by 26 publications

References 18 publications

Autism in Australia: Community Knowledge and Autistic People’s Experiences

Autism in Australia: Community Knowledge and Autistic People’s Experiences

Autistic people’s perspectives on stereotypes: An interpretative phenomenological analysis

A Survey of Lay Knowledge of Autism Spectrum Disorder in Malaysia

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