Performance on Autism Spectrum Disorder
LS 400: Social Sciences Core I
For the final project in Liberal Studies 400 groups were put together to write and perform a play. Through collaboration we had to come up with a topic that related to our interests. Our final topic turned out to be on autism and bullying. Our play is titled, "Misleading Encounters". This assignment helped me to express my feelings more publicly. It also helped me come out of my comfort zone in public speaking and to defend my views on larger subjects.
Writing and performing a play brought my interdisciplinary knowledge together with liberal studies and the studies on Autism Spectrum Disorder. While talking about and writing the play, I felt like most people do not really know what autism is, so it was the intent of my group to write a play that focused on what some people with autism go through in their daily lives. I have a family member who is autistic so writing the play and researching information with my group helped me bring together a lot of information on autism. For example, autistic people behave differently and, as a result, they are often the victims of bullying. Performing the play helped us show the class how our research about autism could be communicated in a dramatic performance, and I feel that my group accomplished that goal.
Throughout my research as a Liberal Studies major with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education, I have mostly focused on children with disabilities, mostly autistic children. Throughout the research for this play and research through performance as a discipline, I found many interdisciplinary ways of bringing awareness and attention to autism. Two of the interdisciplinary ways were through special education and communication. Autism is a very personal and important topic to me, and I feel that autistic children are often looked down upon or ignored because teachers do not know what to do or how to include them in a classroom. The sad part is sometimes parents do not know what to do either. It is hard to understand the behaviors of an autistic child, and I think the main part that I need to focus on as a teacher is bringing awareness to others and talking about the importance of inclusion with autistic children.
For the final project in Liberal Studies 400 groups were put together to write and perform a play. Through collaboration we had to come up with a topic that related to our interests. Our final topic turned out to be on autism and bullying. Our play is titled, "Misleading Encounters". This assignment helped me to express my feelings more publicly. It also helped me come out of my comfort zone in public speaking and to defend my views on larger subjects.
Writing and performing a play brought my interdisciplinary knowledge together with liberal studies and the studies on Autism Spectrum Disorder. While talking about and writing the play, I felt like most people do not really know what autism is, so it was the intent of my group to write a play that focused on what some people with autism go through in their daily lives. I have a family member who is autistic so writing the play and researching information with my group helped me bring together a lot of information on autism. For example, autistic people behave differently and, as a result, they are often the victims of bullying. Performing the play helped us show the class how our research about autism could be communicated in a dramatic performance, and I feel that my group accomplished that goal.
Throughout my research as a Liberal Studies major with an emphasis on Early Childhood Education, I have mostly focused on children with disabilities, mostly autistic children. Throughout the research for this play and research through performance as a discipline, I found many interdisciplinary ways of bringing awareness and attention to autism. Two of the interdisciplinary ways were through special education and communication. Autism is a very personal and important topic to me, and I feel that autistic children are often looked down upon or ignored because teachers do not know what to do or how to include them in a classroom. The sad part is sometimes parents do not know what to do either. It is hard to understand the behaviors of an autistic child, and I think the main part that I need to focus on as a teacher is bringing awareness to others and talking about the importance of inclusion with autistic children.
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