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Hopgood, Fincina. "CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man". Autism in Film and Television: On the Island, edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer, New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2022, pp. 186-200. https://doi.org/10.7560/324912-014

Hopgood, F. (2022). CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man. In M. Pomerance & R. Palmer (Ed.), Autism in Film and Television: On the Island (pp. 186-200). New York, USA: University of Texas Press. https://doi.org/10.7560/324912-014

Hopgood, F. 2022. CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man. In: Pomerance, M. and Palmer, R. ed. Autism in Film and Television: On the Island. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, pp. 186-200. https://doi.org/10.7560/324912-014

Hopgood, Fincina. "CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man" In Autism in Film and Television: On the Island edited by Murray Pomerance and R. Barton Palmer, 186-200. New York, USA: University of Texas Press, 2022. https://doi.org/10.7560/324912-014

Hopgood F. CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man. In: Pomerance M, Palmer R (ed.) Autism in Film and Television: On the Island. New York, USA: University of Texas Press; 2022. p.186-200. https://doi.org/10.7560/324912-014

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Frontmatter i
Contents ix
PREFACE Two Meditations 1
CHAPTER 1 Autistic Android? The Curious Instance of Star Trek’s Data 35
CHAPTER 2 Life, Animated: Adapting a Book about a Hero with Autism 47
CHAPTER 3 Where Is the Autism in Rain Man? 59
CHAPTER 4 The Good Doctor: Images of Autism and Augmented Intelligence 71
CHAPTER 5 Oddity and Catastrophe in The Big Short 83
CHAPTER 6 Diagnosing the Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Autism in Contemporary Television 94
CHAPTER 7 She’s So Unusual: The Autist in Stranger Things 107
CHAPTER 8 Autism, Performance, and Sociality: Isolated Attention in The Social Network 118
CHAPTER 9 Hidden Worlds of Female Autism 130
CHAPTER 10 Eye Contact in Juárez: Borderline Empathy and the Autistic Detective 144
CHAPTER 11 The Creative Evolution and Reception of Netfl ix’s Atypical 159
CHAPTER 12 Community’s Human Laugh Track: Neurodiversity in a Metamodern Sitcom 174
CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man 186
CHAPTER 14 Due Diligence: Exploring ASD in Nightcrawler and The Accountant 201
CHAPTER 15 Mind the Gap: Autistic Viewpoint in Film 215
CHAPTER 16 Performative Restraint and the Challenges of Empathy in Being There and Phantom Thread 227
CHAPTER 17 “A Spoonful of Sugar”: Watching Movies Autistically 240
CHAPTER 18 David and Lisa: The Healing Power of the Group 255
CHAPTER 19 Jesse: Torture That Autist 272
Works Cited and Consulted 291
Photo Captions and Credits 308
Contributors 310
Index 314

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Chapters in this book

Frontmatter i
Contents ix
PREFACE Two Meditations 1
CHAPTER 1 Autistic Android? The Curious Instance of Star Trek’s Data 35
CHAPTER 2 Life, Animated: Adapting a Book about a Hero with Autism 47
CHAPTER 3 Where Is the Autism in Rain Man? 59
CHAPTER 4 The Good Doctor: Images of Autism and Augmented Intelligence 71
CHAPTER 5 Oddity and Catastrophe in The Big Short 83
CHAPTER 6 Diagnosing the Detective: Sherlock Holmes and Autism in Contemporary Television 94
CHAPTER 7 She’s So Unusual: The Autist in Stranger Things 107
CHAPTER 8 Autism, Performance, and Sociality: Isolated Attention in The Social Network 118
CHAPTER 9 Hidden Worlds of Female Autism 130
CHAPTER 10 Eye Contact in Juárez: Borderline Empathy and the Autistic Detective 144
CHAPTER 11 The Creative Evolution and Reception of Netfl ix’s Atypical 159
CHAPTER 12 Community’s Human Laugh Track: Neurodiversity in a Metamodern Sitcom 174
CHAPTER 13 Portrait of the Autist as a Young Man 186
CHAPTER 14 Due Diligence: Exploring ASD in Nightcrawler and The Accountant 201
CHAPTER 15 Mind the Gap: Autistic Viewpoint in Film 215
CHAPTER 16 Performative Restraint and the Challenges of Empathy in Being There and Phantom Thread 227
CHAPTER 17 “A Spoonful of Sugar”: Watching Movies Autistically 240
CHAPTER 18 David and Lisa: The Healing Power of the Group 255
CHAPTER 19 Jesse: Torture That Autist 272
Works Cited and Consulted 291
Photo Captions and Credits 308
Contributors 310
Index 314

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