Sauer, Gillian2021-05-122021-05-122021https://hdl.handle.net/11244/329539This paper aims to connect literary studies and disability studies through the acknowledgement of disability in Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. By analyzing Boo Radley as a character with autism, we can begin to discuss disability in high school classrooms. By using a novel typically found on high school reading lists in the United States, curriculum can be implemented to discuss disability as a facet of diversity. This analysis will focus on Boo Radley’s characterization, as well as the prevalence of disability in the fictional Maycomb. Putting a disability perspective on the novel will help to approach the idea of adding conversations of diversity to children’s literature.University Libraries Undergraduate Research AwardBoo Radleydisability studiesdiversity in children's literatureautismneurodiversityUniversity Libraries Undergraduate Research Award