Fearlessly Different Audiobook Libro.fm

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Growing up Mickey Rowe was told that he couldnt enter the mainstream world He was iced out by classmates and colleagues infantilized by wellmeaning theatre directors barred from even earning a minimum wage Why Because he is autistic Fearlessly Different An Autistic Actors Journey to Broadways Biggest Stage is Mickey Rowes inspiring story As an autistic and legally blind person it was always made clear to Mickey the many things he was apparently incapable of doing But Mickey did them all anywayand 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 NightTime landed the title role in the play Amadeus cocreated 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 autismthat its 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 peopleautistic and nonautistic alikethat the things that make us different are often our biggest strengths