Why it matters to cast autistic actors in autistic roles
ABC Everyday Eliza says directors can sometimes be afraid to give actors with a disability a chance. ( Share Print text only Cancel If you ask Eliza Brearley why she loves performing, her face will open into a grin. "I love being different characters — not myself," the 24-year-old model and actor from NSW's Central Coast says. "I studied drama as an elective at high school and after school I joined Options Theatre [a theatre company for people with disabilities on the Central Coast]. "I left that company because I want to do something outside disability performance. It doesn't matter if yo...
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