Fearlessly Different
An Autistic Actor's Journey to Broadway's Biggest Stage
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
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theatre disability autobiography special education autism- Kapitel Ausklappen | EinklappenSeiten
- i–xii Preface i–xii
- 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
- B–P Photospread B–P
- 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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- „... is developed for each public school child in the U.S. who needs special education, to ensure that ...” „... fought to get me an individualized education program, better known as an IEP. It is a legal document that ...” „... education. Unfortunately, this was ultimately only a symbolic victory. Even though an IEP had been secured ...”
- „... , pacing the hallways with no friends, going home after soulless special education to cover my ears with my ...” „... audiences with spectacular theatre magic and special effects. There is nothing sensory friendly about the ...” „... , and was in special ed for part of the day through high school. Being on the autism spectrum growing up ...”
- „... days of mainstream school, Special education, oc-cupational therapy, and speech therapy. You will ...”
- „... R L E S S L Y D I F F E R E N T4 4was different enough to need to go to special education. But no ...” „... thought that this was proof of their friendship. I felt so lucky and special that the girls’ dress-ing ...”
- „... school’s glossy pamphlet about how they provide for disabled and special education students, I can read ...” „... knowledgeable participant in education and health care decisions related to his diagnosis. I am so glad that my ...” „... would receive NDT’s diversity and program-ming as well as an education on how to be comfortable working ...”