Division of Mental Health Care, Innlandet Hospital Trust, Norway.
California State University Channel Islands, United States.
Res Dev Disabil. 2023 May;136:104484. doi: 10.1016/j.ridd.2023.104484. Epub 2023 Mar 21.
TV-series and movies are important sources of knowledge about autism for the general public.
This study's purpose was to elicit autistic adults' opinions on portrayals of autistic characters in film and television productions and how this can be improved.
In this study, we examined the recommendations of autistic adults (n = 798, M = 30.3, 48% female) and non-autistic adults (n = 1463, M = 35.0, 62% female) from 90 countries on how film and television productions can improve autistic portrayals.
Autistic adults rated three improvement factors as most important: (1) Appointing autistic writers, (2) Having an autistic consultant, and (3) Representing greater diversity in autistic characters. Compared to the non-autistic groups, autistic adults rated "Appointing autistic writers" as more important. Autistic participants also endorsed "Having an autism-expert consultant" and "Making the character display all relevant diagnostic criteria" significantly less than non-autistic groups.
Participants strongly endorsed that autistic adults should to a much larger extent be included as writers, consultants and actors to enhance the making of autistic characters in film and TV.
电视剧和电影是公众了解自闭症的重要信息来源。
本研究旨在了解自闭症成年人对电影和电视剧中自闭症角色刻画的看法，以及如何改进这方面的刻画。
在这项研究中，我们研究了来自 90 个国家的自闭症成年人（n=798，M=30.3，48%为女性）和非自闭症成年人（n=1463，M=35.0，62%为女性）的建议，探讨如何改进电影和电视剧对自闭症的刻画。
自闭症成年人将三个改进因素评为最重要：（1）任命自闭症作家，（2）聘请自闭症顾问，（3）在自闭症角色中表现出更大的多样性。与非自闭症群体相比，自闭症成年人认为“任命自闭症作家”更为重要。自闭症参与者对“聘请自闭症专家顾问”和“使角色表现出所有相关的诊断标准”的评价明显低于非自闭症群体。
参与者强烈支持应该让更多的自闭症成年人作为编剧、顾问和演员参与到电影和电视剧中自闭症角色的塑造中，以增强对自闭症的刻画。
