… Using an intersectional perspective, this study explores the literacy experiences and assets of
James, a transnational child with autism. … Specifically, we examine the relationship between
James’s varied literacies and identities across home, community, and school during first and
second grades. While his autism diagnosis may have affected how he interacted with schooling
and how school structures interacted with him, in sharing James’s case, we seek to go beyond
the autism label to uphold the child and learner. Our aim is to demonstrate the benefits of …