Autistando no Instagram
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This essay aims to discuss posts made during the year 2024 on the Instagram profile of Carol Souza, a woman diagnosed with Autism Spectrum Disorder Level 2 of support. Autism is a unique condition that profoundly impacts the process of social interaction, communication skills, and the repertoire of interests and activities with the manifestation of behaviors marked by repetitive patterns. Due to her difficulty in communicating through speech, Carol actively works on the social network Instagram through her profile named Autistando, where she produces digital content, disseminates and discusses the complexity of autism and its impact on her own life. With clear and objective writing, the author presents explanations, examples and confrontations of actions based on prejudice, discrimination and ableism against people who experience autism in their lives, especially those who require greater support, support and acceptance. Finally, the text reveals the importance of virtual platforms for digital content as fertile virtual spaces and places for the social protagonism of people with disabilities, especially for those with greater difficulties in speaking and moving around in physical environments. The recognition of these virtual spaces is important for strengthening the voices and movements fighting for the rights of these people, who insistently signal that it is time for our educational communities, for our society as a whole, to organize themselves in other possible ways under the aegis of inclusion and democracy.
Source: ETD - Educação Temática Digital
Author: Sílvia Ester Orrú
Institution: Universidade de Brasília
Language: English
Subfield: Sociology and Political Science
Field: Social Sciences
Domain: Social Sciences
SDG: Reduced inequalities
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W7162522386