Theatre and Autism: Staging the Interior

这个项目研究自闭症的戏剧表现，将现场表演作为一种媒介，以一种不同于其他媒介的方式来展示自闭症的具体化、主观体验。我的论文是对多种戏剧表演形式的深入研究，包括商业、传记和单口喜剧。我扩展并有时挑战医学上对缺陷或缺陷的理解。我试图创造关于自闭症的新知识，并挑战广泛持有的假设，展示自闭症的个人叙述，以阐明这种情况是如何主观体验的，并调查现场表演如何有助于改善自闭症患者的物质条件。本研究探讨了自闭症在戏剧和表演中的文化表征如何阐明这些不同方法的重叠和紧张关系，并为理解自闭症体验提供了新的途径。

This project examines theatrical representations of autism, positing live performance as a vehicle for staging theembodied, subjective experience of autism in a manner distinct from other mediums. My thesis is an extendedexamination of multiple forms of theatrical performance, including commercial, biographical, and stand-up comedy. Iextend and sometimes challenge medical understandings of the condition that define it in terms of deficit or flaw. Iseek to create new knowledge about autism and challenge widely held assumptions, showcasing personalnarratives of autism to illuminate how the condition is subjectively experienced, and investigate how liveperformance can contribute to the improvement of material conditions for autistic people. This research asks howcultural representations of autism in theatre and performance illuminates some of the overlaps and tensions thatcharacterise these distinct approaches, and signposts new ways of understanding autistic experience.