Generations star Donovan on autistic character: People ask me if I'm okay
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Playing the character of an autistic person can be a challenge for any actor, but it was a role Generations: The Legacy actor Donovan Pieterson relished in, even if he keeps getting stopped by people asking if he needs help.
Donovan told TshisaLIVE this week that people often mistake him for his character, Brandon, and try to assist him.
“People live for TV. They sympathise with me and ask me if I am okay. They ask if they can help. What frustrates them is that they don’t understand I am playing a character. When they see that I don’t have autism in real life they look at me as if I am trying to deceive them or that I am taking chances.”
I do not know anything about the show but this represtation sounds bad.
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“Self Acceptance is a process not a performance”
“You are autistic enough. And you always have been”
Professionally Identified and joined WP August 26, 2013
DSM 5: Autism Spectrum Disorder, DSM IV: Aspergers Moderate Severity.
07 Mar 2018, 3:03 am
