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The author discusses the ethical issues she has with telling stories about her son, who is autistic: he is a 'vulnerable subject' for whom she acts as translator and mediator to the world, and any misrepresentation is hers to bear.
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'First presented as a paper at the In the First Person conference at the National Library of Australia in May 2008.' (ABR)
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Writing Disability in Australia:
Type of disability Autism. Type of character Primary. Point of view First person (autobiographical, not the disabled character).
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