Dramatherapy and Autism

Abstract

Dramatherapy has a long and established history of being practised with people with autism. It is seen as a positive intervention that facilitated emotional development, peer relationships and social skills, reducing anxiety through its structure and clear boundaries, and also helping to support the wider family and social system around the child. Lewis and Banerjee research the use of story in dramatherapy as a way to practise social skills as well as process personal experiences with regard to emotional, psychological and social development. Sherratt and Peter suggest that drama can support social and emotional development and that children with autism respond well to drama-play-based interventions. The National Autistic Society (NAS) describes autism as a spectrum disorder, encompassing people who are affected in different ways. People with autism, and parents, carers, professionals and researchers, are increasingly questioning and reframing the 'deficits' presented in diagnostic criteria and the impact this has on the lives and possibilities for people with autism.

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