Understanding Participatory Culture for Teenagers with Autism Spectrum Disorder

Culture said to be one of the most powerful forces in our world. Society 5.0 is where human achieve a forward-looking society whose members have mutual respect for each other, a society that balances between cyberspace and physical space. Unfortunately, not all young people can use social media platforms because some conditions, such as disability. Disability is when a person has some limitation such as impairment whether in mental, sensory, or mobility functions to implement a task compared to another person without disability. Autism spectrum disorder is one of the disabilities that encounter limitless complications every day. In a social understanding of disability, they are unnecessarily isolated and excluded from full participation in society. However, the experience this young people have with popular culture and mainstream new media will be different. This research tries to understand how people with disability especially for people with Autism Spectrum Disorder express themselves through participatory culture. This research uses qualitative method and conduct interview and FGD for data collection. The result of this research expected to give understanding about participatory culture from standpoint of teenagers with autism spectrum disorder.