Creativity and Community among Autism-Spectrum Youth Creating Positive Social Updrafts through Play and Performance /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Smagorinsky, Peter (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York : Palgrave Macmillan US : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2016.
• Series: Palgrave Studies In Play, Performance, Learning, and Development
• Subjects: Psychology.; Theater.; Social work.; Cultural studies.; Health psychology.; Community psychology.; Environmental psychology.; Community and Environmental Psychology.; Social Work.; Health Psychology.; Theatre and Performance Studies.; Cultural Studies.; Creativity and Arts Education.

This edited volume explores the roles of socially-channeled play and performance in the developmental trajectories of young people who fall on the autism spectrum. The contributors offer possibilities for channels of activity through which youth on the autism spectrum may find acceptance, affirmatio...