The Autistic Art of Failure? Unknowing Imperfect Systems of Sexuality and Gender

David Jackson-Perry

doi:10.16993/sjdr.634

The Autistic Art of Failure? Unknowing Imperfect Systems of Sexuality and Gender

Scandinavian Journal of Disability Research

Volume 22 (2020): Issue 1

By: David Jackson-Perry

Open Access

|Jul 2020

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