CIDADANIA E SUBJETIVIDADE: ANÁLISE FÍLMICA DA OBRA “O MILAGRE DE TYSON”

Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) is often associated with children. However, discovering the condition late or in adulthood can help the subject in their self-knowledge, promoting improvements in the quality of life as a whole. This is because the strategy of camouflaging characteristics, a social adaptation strategy called masking or social camouflage, to fit into pre-established social standards, to be accepted or to escape stigmas, causes emotional and even physical impacts. In this sense, this scientific article proposes a debate about the obstacles faced by adults with ASD, based on a film analysis of the work "Tyson's Miracle" (2022). The film tells the story of a teenager with ASD, his challenges when attending public school for the first time, and the discovery of his inner strength when preparing to run a marathon. To this end, in an interdisciplinary way and taking as a reference the studies of Stuart Hall (2019) on cultural identity in postmodernity, Erving Goffman (2014), on social identity, and Zygmunt Bauman (2021), with the description of a contemporary society characterized by fluidity and transience, it was emphasized how necessary the notion of belonging is in people on the Autistic Spectrum, from the experience in the urban space and its institutions, from social interactions and citizenship practices. Without intending to exhaust the theme, the work addresses the issues previously listed and the contexts described correspond, in fact, to the diversity present in adults with ASD.