Zusammenfassung
"... powerfully renders what it’s like to live life to the fullest." Publishers Weekly Starred Review
My name is Mickey Rowe. I am an actor, a theatre director, a father, and a husband. I am also a man with autism. You think those things don’t go together? Let me show you that they do.
Growing up, Mickey Rowe was told that he couldn’t enter the mainstream world. He was iced out by classmates and colleagues, infantilized by well-meaning theatre directors, barred from even earning a minimum wage. Why? Because he is autistic.
Fearlessly Different: An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage is Mickey Rowe’s story of growing up autistic and pushing beyond the restrictions of a special education classroom to shine on the stage. As an autistic and legally blind person, living in a society designed by and for non-disabled people, it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was apparently incapable of doing. But Mickey did them all anyway—and he succeeded because of, not in spite of, his autism. He became the first autistic actor to play the lead role in the play The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, landed the title role in the play Amadeus, co-created the theatre/philanthropy company Arts on the Waterfront, and founded the National Disability Theatre. Mickey faced untold obstacles along the way, but his story ends in triumph.
Many people feel they are locked out of the world of autism—that it’s impossible to even begin to understand. In Fearlessly Different, Mickey guides readers to that world while also helping those with autism to feel seen and understood. And he shows all people—autistic and non-autistic alike—that the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths.
Schlagworte
disabilities Parenting memoir Broadway actor with autism Mark Haddon Christopher Boone Autistic actor Curious Incident disability pride books disability pride month living with autism growing up autistic autism awareness books autism awareness monthKeywords
theatre disability autobiography special education autism- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- 1–6 Chapter 1 1–6
- 7–12 Chapter 2 7–12
- 13–20 Chapter 3 13–20
- 21–34 Chapter 4 21–34
- 35–50 Chapter 5 35–50
- 51–56 Chapter 6 51–56
- 57–64 Chapter 7 57–64
- 65–80 Chapter 8 65–80
- 81–88 Chapter 9 81–88
- 89–100 Chapter 10 89–100
- 101–120 Chapter 11 101–120
- 121–136 Chapter 12 121–136
- 137–138 Chapter 13 137–138
- 139–162 Chapter 14 139–162
- 163–166 Notes 163–166
- 167–168 about the author 167–168
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- „... the first autistic actor cast in the role, which I hoped would be a stepping-stone into a new world of ...” „... notepads. And the next day, I got an offer to be the first autistic actor to play Christopher Boone in The ...” „... . To New York. This would also make me one of the very first autistic actors to ever play any autistic ...”
- „... the Dog in the Night-Time and can’t find an autistic actor to play the role, cast a different large ...” „... character in the show with an autistic actor, or cast Christopher as someone with a different dis-ability ...” „... fact that the role had never before been played by an autistic actor. I knew that this could change. I ...”
- „... actors.I am so pleased to know that because of NDT’s educational tour-ing show, three of the schools we ...” „... knowledge that I was now a well-known actor with a stellar credit on my resume and a host of rave reviews ...” „... life.Back in Seattle, nobody would audition me. They were still scared to talk to an actually autistic ...”
- „... friends? Because I was both low vision and autistic, I just couldn’t win at the making friends game. F E A ...” „... in on the magic, and we all know how I felt about magic.The most important part of being an actor is ...” „... .” That all autistic people “lack em-pathy.” And yet here I was going out of my way to make other people’s ...”
- „... was a pirate’s life for me, yo-ho-ho. Autistic people are, after all, better set up for success when ...” „... character. This is why autistic kids often love wearing costumes, superhero capes, pi-rate hats, or clown ...” „... in the dark, I got to experience social interactions from a passive yet shared lens. These actors ...”
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