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"But-He'll Fall!": Children with Autism, Interspecies Intersubjectivity, and the Problem of 'Being Social'.

'Being autistic' or 'having Autism Spectrum Disorder' implies a limited range of 'being social,' but the in situ organization of interaction, what Maynard and Marlaire (Qual Soc 15(2):177-202, 1992) call the 'interactional substrate,' within which this delimitation enfolds is usually hidden from sig...

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Published in:Culture, Medicine & Psychiatry Vol. 39; no. 2; pp. 323 - 345
Main Author: Solomon, Olga
Format: case study Journal Article
Published: Springer Nature Jun2015
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