@inbook{10.2307/j.ctt9qcjf0.11, ISBN = {9781782382201}, URL = {http://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt9qcjf0.11}, abstract = {The concept of achievement demands a narrative lens: achievement is durative and agentive and thus by its very nature it denotes a narrative of becoming. To capture a phenomenology of achievement, I propose to direct this narrative lens at autism, a developmental disability that disrupts normative expressions of sociality but that, as Murray (2008: 5) suggests, ‘contains its own logic and methods’ that command analytic attention. The view can be traced to Hans Asperger, who, writing in 1944 in Vienna about what is now known as ‘Asperger’s syndrome’, commented that in autism there is difficulty in learning in conventional ways;}, author = {Olga Solomon}, booktitle = {The Social Life of Achievement}, edition = {1}, pages = {120--138}, publisher = {Berghahn Books}, title = {Autism and Affordances of Achievement: Narrative Genres and Parenting Practices}, year = {2013} }