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Commentary: Words, Voice, Silence

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Drawing together insights on autistic experience from three essays in this volume—Chapter 5 by Michael B. Bakan, Chapter 6 by Elizabeth Fein, and Chapter 7 by Jurandir Freire Costa and Roy Richard Grinker—this commentary offers a reflection on how semiotic strategies that transcend the referential paradigm can deepen our understanding of autistic communication.

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  1. Graduate School of Education, University of California, Berkeley, CA, USA

    Laura Sterponi

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  1. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

    Elizabeth Fein

  2. Department of Social Psychology, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Clarice Rios

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Sterponi, L. (2018). Commentary: Words, Voice, Silence. In: Fein, E., Rios, C. (eds) Autism in Translation. Culture, Mind, and Society. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93293-4_8

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