"Knowing That I'm Not Necessarily Alone in My Struggles": UK Autistic Performing Arts Professionals' Experiences of a Mentoring Programme

Autor/inn/en	Buckley, Eleanor; Pellicano, Elizabeth; Remington, Anna
Titel	"Knowing That I'm Not Necessarily Alone in My Struggles": UK Autistic Performing Arts Professionals' Experiences of a Mentoring Programme
Quelle	In: Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 52 (2022) 12, S.5451-5470 (20 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Buckley, Eleanor)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0162-3257
DOI	10.1007/s10803-021-05394-x
Schlagwörter	Autism Spectrum Disorders; Theater Arts; Mentors; Foreign Countries; Self Efficacy; Artists; Comparative Analysis; Program Descriptions; Professional Development; Work Environment; Barriers; Performance; Social Isolation; Interpersonal Relationship; Professional Personnel; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Autism; Autismus; Theaterwissenschaft; Ausland; Self-efficacy; Selbstwirksamkeit; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Arbeitsmilieu; Achievement; Leistung; Soziale Isolation; Interpersonal relation; Interpersonal relations; Interpersonelle Beziehung; Zwischenmenschliche Beziehung; Personalbestand; Großbritannien
Abstract	This research examined whether professional mentoring could have a positive effect on the occupational self-efficacy of autistic performing arts professionals. We compared the outcomes of one group who received mentoring to a waitlist control group. 26 participants took part in this study: 15 autistic mentees and 11 mentors, three of whom were also autistic. The mentoring programme was well received and felt to be beneficial by the participating mentees and mentors, particularly regarding gains in mentees' occupational self-efficacy. Professional mentoring also addressed several work-oriented challenges identified by autistic performing arts professionals such as feelings of isolation in the industry and need for consultation and advice on both a professional level, and for mentees with autistic mentors, also a neurodivergent one. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01