so It's the end of week 2 in A.I.M headquarters and it's time to tell you guys some about what we're doing!
So we are now working in one of Southport's local school, Presfield high school, putting on a piece written by me called Cassy. Cassy is a piece written to help people understand what it is like to live with Autism. As a child who has autism I felt it was always very difficult for me to explain how things affected me to people who didn't. As an adult I have used my love of drama and performance to enable me to write this play that explains some of what I felt as an autistic child growing up in a neurotypical world. Neurotypical is basicly a word to describe people who do not present signs of being autistic, so basicly someone who is not Autistic. For more information on autism you can check out http://wrongplanet.net/ where there are many different people talking about their experience with autism. We work with this group of children and young adults within Presfield school once a week working on both the play and their confidence, if a child is confident playing a role within a play then they can apply that to outside life, they are not themselves who struggles in social situations they are "the patient" "the customer" "the member of staff" which can, given time, help them to integrate into mainstream society without too much distress. I know this because this is one of my strategies within each social situation I take on a different role, this role enables me to act how I should, and want to, act but as myself I cannot do because of anxiety. For more info check out the "Presfield in motion page" I also run a dance troupe. This last week we got together, as it was our first meeting there was a total of 3 people and me but we did a 45 minute warm up to get us all fully ready to dance and we then started work on a trio . The trio is a lyrical piece and is based on the story of the little mermaid. The 3 people in the trio represent Ariel, the human world and the sea, it is the externalisation of Ariel's inner struggle between love and family. We have 45 seconds of this learnt and can't wait to add on to it in the future! For more info check out the "Freedom in motion page" As always Keep happy, Keep smiling, Keep dancing. Kez
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