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How Theatre Produced By Autistic People Dismantles The Medical Model Of Disability, Ira Eidle Aug 2021

How Theatre Produced By Autistic People Dismantles The Medical Model Of Disability, Ira Eidle

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Autism is a neurodevelopmental disability that has a long history of being misunderstood. Said misunderstandings have led to falsehoods about autism and autistic people. The stigma surrounding autism encourages non-autistic people to see themselves as the best advocates for autism, leading to non-autistic people speaking over autistic people constantly. This has come to be known as the medical model of disability. Most autistic people do not consider autism to be a mental illness or disorder. (Kupferstein 2019) That is why when autistic people become informed on these aspects and band together, those misunderstandings can be mitigated. One such way is …


Year Of Cuba 2019-2020, Nashieli Marcano, Leslie Drost Jan 2019

Year Of Cuba 2019-2020, Nashieli Marcano, Leslie Drost

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Post Colonial Studies, Nashieli Marcano, Kyle Brooks Jan 2019

Post Colonial Studies, Nashieli Marcano, Kyle Brooks

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Year Of The Portuguese Speaking World, Ana Guimaraes, Aajay Murphy Jul 2015

Year Of The Portuguese Speaking World, Ana Guimaraes, Aajay Murphy

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