Theatre and Autism: Staging the Interior

这个项目考察了自闭症的戏剧表现，将现场表演定位为以一种与其他媒介不同的方式上演自闭症的具体化、主观体验的工具。我的论文是对多种形式的戏剧表演的延伸，包括商业、传记和单口喜剧。我延伸并有时挑战医学上对这种疾病的理解，这种理解是用缺陷或缺陷来定义的。ISeek将创造关于自闭症的新知识，挑战广泛存在的假设，展示自闭症的个性叙事，以阐明这种疾病是如何主观经历的，并调查生活表现如何有助于改善自闭症患者的物质条件。这项研究询问了自闭症在戏剧和表演中的文化表现如何照亮了这些不同方法的一些重叠和紧张，并标志着理解自闭症经历的新方法。

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.