Table 1.
Codebook of Content Topics and Categories
| Content topic | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| Features of autism | ||
| Diagnostic features: RRBs | Depicts characteristic features of autism such as repetitive movements, use of objects, insistence on sameness, intense interests, or sensory processing differences | Discussing special interests and benefit of stimming to handle sensory processing |
| Diagnostic features: social/communication | Depicts challenges in areas such as social-emotional reciprocity, nonverbal communication, eye contact, use of gestures, using facial expressions, or developing/maintaining relationships | Individual describing challenges in recognizing facial expressions of others |
| Associated core experiences | Characteristics or experiences common among autistic people such as meltdowns that are not diagnostic features | Sharing difficulties with emotional regulation or executive functioning |
| Gifts/talents | Autistic person showing an activity at which that they are particularly talented | Drawing detailed pictures of animals |
| Marginalization | ||
| Lack of access | Describing lack of/absence of accommodations, support, or access | Parent showing that school is not using child's assistive communication device |
| Stigma/misconceptions/discrimination | Depiction of response to encountering stigma, discrimination, or challenging misconceptions | Providing examples of stigmatizing comments that are often made about autistic people |
| Inspiration porn | Nonautistic person talking about autistic person in a way that is meant to be inspirational for other nonautistic people, or using the autistic experience for inspiration | Performer on the street hugging autistic child; using autistic person's excitement for inspiration |
| Supports | ||
| Accommodations | Demonstrating or describing accommodations or supports that promote access, inclusion, and integration in daily life | Description of sensory friendly accommodations in public; video tour of autistic adult's adapted living space |
| Services/interventions/treatments | Related to autism diagnosis, services, or interventions provided by a health care professional or paraprofessional | Sharing individual experience trying to get an autism diagnosis |
| Caregiving | Assisting someone with activities of daily living or providing social/emotional support beyond what would be expected for a nonautistic peer | Sibling helping adult autistic brother drink from cup |
| Positive social interactions | Communicates positive experiences with love, relationships, or affection | Friend at the playground demonstrating patience with an autistic child |
| Daily life | A video that does not fit into any other content topic and depicts an autistic person's daily life. A neutral social interaction may be included. | Packing a lunch; going fishing with family |
| Other/miscellaneous | Link between video content and autism is unclear or nonexistent | Recording of person playing a video game |
| Category | Description | Example |
| Observational | Getting a glimpse at someone's life or a particular situation. Does not contain any commentary (verbal or text) that is designed to share a specific individual's (or group's) experiences | Stimming, opening a present, drawing a picture or doing another creative activity, having a meltdown |
| Experiential | Contains commentary (verbal or text) designed to share a specific individual's (or group's) experiences; may have a declarative statement but it is specific to a person | Recounting experience of sharing diagnosis with family members |
| Educational | Contains commentary (verbal or text) explicitly about autism or the autism community; can include spreading awareness of autism and features of autism; commentary is designed to educate people | An autistic person describing features of autism and how autism looks different in different people |
RRBs, restrictive and repetitive behaviors.