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Networked Neurodivergence: How TikTok Enables Autistic Community Formation | Sarah Toovey
This presentation examines how autistic communities form on TikTok, focusing on content shared under hashtags such as #ActuallyAutistic and #AutismTikTok. It argues that TikTok does not simply host these communities, but actively shapes their formation through algorithmic curation and participatory features. Drawing on concepts including clustered publics, imitation publics, and biographical illumination, the presentation explores…
Question 1: When I think back on my presentation, I see that one of its shortcomings was that I neglected…