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What drives our apparent cultural disdain for small talk? How can we learn to small talk more humanely? And how can we learn to accommodate neurodivergent people more effectively in our social rituals?
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Bibliography
Justine Coupland (2003). “Small Talk: Social Functions”. “Research on Language and Social Interaction”. 36. 1-6.
Danielle Sullivan. “Introduction to Echolalia and Autistic Scripting”. Neurodiverging. https://www.neurodiverging.com/introduction-to-echolalia-and-autistic-scripting/
Sharon Kaye-O’Connor, LCSW. “What Is Autistic Scripting?”. Choosing Therapy. https://www.choosingtherapy.com/scripting-autism/
The Place for Children with Autism. “Autism and Scripting”. https://theplaceforchildrenwithautism.com/autism-blog/autism-and-scripting
Emily Heil (2022). “A woman made chili for neighbors, and outrage ensued. Was she wrong?”. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/food/2022/11/18/chili-neighbors-twitter-etiquette/
Simone De Beauvoir (1947). “The Ethics of Ambiguity”.
E. Trimmer, S. McDonald, M. Kelly, J. A. Rushby (2017). “The Physiological and Psychological Effects of Ostracism in Adults with ASD”. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/28488077/
Raven's Wing Poetry (2014). “Racial Profiling and the Black Autistic: the Case of Neli Latson”. Autistic Women & Nonbinary Network (ANW). https://awnnetwork.org/racial-profiling-and-the-black-autistic-the-case-of-neli-latson/
Rachel Treisman (2020). “13-Year-Old Boy With Autism Disorder Shot by Salt Lake City Police”. NPR. https://www.npr.org/2020/09/09/910975499/autistic-13-year-old-boy-shot-by-salt-lake-city-police
Elissa Ball, Jaclyn Jeffrey-Wilensky (2020).“Why autism training for police isn’t enough”.
https://www.spectrumnews.org/news/why-autism-training-for-police-isnt-enough/
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