tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802933593750920119.post1593510935550765327..comments2024-03-20T00:21:06.524-07:00Comments on CynthiaParkhill: Rudine Sims Bishop honored for lifetime achievementCynthia M. Parkhillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10122886348715315938noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802933593750920119.post-54665615967359654012017-01-29T21:50:05.467-08:002017-01-29T21:50:05.467-08:00These sound like valuable resources, Annette. I...These sound like valuable resources, Annette. I'll definitely check them out.Cynthia M. Parkhillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10122886348715315938noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802933593750920119.post-82926192284740997262017-01-28T12:34:40.669-08:002017-01-28T12:34:40.669-08:00Cynthia, if you're not familiar with it you mi...Cynthia, if you're not familiar with it you might want to look at the book I wrote with two colleagues: Autism in Young Adult Novels: An Annotated Bibliography (Rowman & Littlefield, 2015), by Marilyn Irwin, Annette Y. Goldsmith, and Rachel Applegate. We did a content analysis of young adult novels featuring at least one character on the spectrum to show how autism was depicted. The annotations include a literary quality scale (Excellent, Very Good, Good, Passable, Poor) so you can easily find the ones we thought were most worth reading. We have also published two related articles in the freely available Journal of Research on Libraries and Young Adults: "The Real Deal: Teen Characters with Autism in YA Novels" http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2015/04/the-real-deal-teen-characters-with-autism-in-ya-novels/ and "The Real Deal 2: How Autism Is Described in YA Novels" http://www.yalsa.ala.org/jrlya/2016/12/the-real-deal-2-how-autism-is-described-in-ya-novels/. Best, Annette GoldsmithAnnettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06035130097492291001noreply@blogger.com