Nina Danon
@ninadanon.bsky.social
Composer & lecturer • PhD student researching neurodivergence in composition and musical neuroqueering • Kinetic (ADHD) Autistic, Neurodivergent, Disabled • she/they
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Nina Danon
@ninadanon.bsky.social
· Mar 7
SGDP Autism ResearCH (ARCH) Seminar: Nina Danon, 19.02.2025
YouTube video by SGDP ARCH
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The recording of my talk on Musical Neuroqueering at the ARCH seminar series at @respectlabkcl.bsky.social
is now on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnP...
is now on YouTube!
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XbnP...
Looking forward to being a part of this virtual panel on disability culture and musical identity at #Berklee College of Music today!
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Exploring Disabled Culture and Musical Identity
Join MIND, ARS, D&I, and Student Disabilities club in welcoming speakers Andrew Wang, Nina Danon, Samantha Bassler, Kei Otake, and to discuss the relationships between neurodivergence, disability and ...
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July 8, 2025 at 2:12 PM
Looking forward to being a part of this virtual panel on disability culture and musical identity at #Berklee College of Music today!
www.berklee.edu/accessibilit...
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I once described the goal of my creative process in general and my certainty-seeking ASK ALL THE THINGS queries to performers in particular as "turning infodumping into auditory stim" 😂
July 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I once described the goal of my creative process in general and my certainty-seeking ASK ALL THE THINGS queries to performers in particular as "turning infodumping into auditory stim" 😂
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I think this was very much me playing with the MIDI sounds of the harp after being inspired by demonstrations of this specific low-mid register in Danielle's harp writing guide, and then checking in with her on whether I'd added anything unidiomatic. It absolutely felt like the process of stimming
July 3, 2025 at 5:13 PM
I think this was very much me playing with the MIDI sounds of the harp after being inspired by demonstrations of this specific low-mid register in Danielle's harp writing guide, and then checking in with her on whether I'd added anything unidiomatic. It absolutely felt like the process of stimming
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I have been trying to persuade myself to write music that is explicitly conceived as being pleasing to my senses, something I've only managed a couple of times - here's an example for solo harp that I wrote for/with the assistance of @daniellekuntzharp.bsky.social youtu.be/lwPqCtcs9nI
David Howell - Iridescence Is Bliss (for solo harp) // Danielle Kuntz #ambientmusic
YouTube video by Danielle Kuntz, New Music Harpist
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July 3, 2025 at 1:37 PM
I have been trying to persuade myself to write music that is explicitly conceived as being pleasing to my senses, something I've only managed a couple of times - here's an example for solo harp that I wrote for/with the assistance of @daniellekuntzharp.bsky.social youtu.be/lwPqCtcs9nI
Catching up on the recordings of the talks I couldn't attend at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference from last week. This conference was an epitome of accessibility, from being fully hybrid (including ways for online attendees to network with in person ones)... 1/
July 3, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Catching up on the recordings of the talks I couldn't attend at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference from last week. This conference was an epitome of accessibility, from being fully hybrid (including ways for online attendees to network with in person ones)... 1/
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In case you missed it, a presentation by our Director Beatriz López. @drstevenkapp.bsky.social, and @eminegurbuz.bsky.social delivered a good practice research showcase on Creating an inclusive research culture for neurodivergent researchers, as part of the Uni's Research Culture Connect-Fest.
June 30, 2025 at 4:44 PM
In case you missed it, a presentation by our Director Beatriz López. @drstevenkapp.bsky.social, and @eminegurbuz.bsky.social delivered a good practice research showcase on Creating an inclusive research culture for neurodivergent researchers, as part of the Uni's Research Culture Connect-Fest.
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As Autism Acceptance Month (AAM) comes to a close, with disability benefits internationally under threat, here is a summary of my papers since the last AAM to demonstrate autism acceptance means recognizing and supporting disability, rather than weaponization/co-option ('neurodiversity-lite'). 1/
June 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
As Autism Acceptance Month (AAM) comes to a close, with disability benefits internationally under threat, here is a summary of my papers since the last AAM to demonstrate autism acceptance means recognizing and supporting disability, rather than weaponization/co-option ('neurodiversity-lite'). 1/
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Here's the video of my 6/26 conversation on "Neuroqueering Somatics," hosted by the International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association.
#neuroqueer #neuroqueering #neurodiversity #somatics #psychology #consciousness #cognition #awareness #embodiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RItP...
#neuroqueer #neuroqueering #neurodiversity #somatics #psychology #consciousness #cognition #awareness #embodiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RItP...
Neuroqueering Somatics: A conversation at the intersection of neurodivergence and somatic practice
YouTube video by ISMETA
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July 2, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Here's the video of my 6/26 conversation on "Neuroqueering Somatics," hosted by the International Somatic Movement Education & Therapy Association.
#neuroqueer #neuroqueering #neurodiversity #somatics #psychology #consciousness #cognition #awareness #embodiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RItP...
#neuroqueer #neuroqueering #neurodiversity #somatics #psychology #consciousness #cognition #awareness #embodiment
www.youtube.com/watch?v=RItP...
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I’m all for neurodivergent-friendly hours at the shop, where they stop the music, make the tills quiet, etc. Hell, I would prefer that myself
But ffs if you do this for only one hour a week, between 12 and 13 on a MONDAY… screw off with the performative activism
But ffs if you do this for only one hour a week, between 12 and 13 on a MONDAY… screw off with the performative activism
July 1, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I’m all for neurodivergent-friendly hours at the shop, where they stop the music, make the tills quiet, etc. Hell, I would prefer that myself
But ffs if you do this for only one hour a week, between 12 and 13 on a MONDAY… screw off with the performative activism
But ffs if you do this for only one hour a week, between 12 and 13 on a MONDAY… screw off with the performative activism
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No matter what the results of tonight's vote please remember that your life has value no matter how much 'work' you can do and no matter what the ableist pricks in government tell you!
YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN! WE ARE NOT A BURDEN! #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights #WelfareNotWarfare
YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN! WE ARE NOT A BURDEN! #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights #WelfareNotWarfare
July 1, 2025 at 11:27 AM
No matter what the results of tonight's vote please remember that your life has value no matter how much 'work' you can do and no matter what the ableist pricks in government tell you!
YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN! WE ARE NOT A BURDEN! #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights #WelfareNotWarfare
YOU ARE NOT A BURDEN! WE ARE NOT A BURDEN! #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights #WelfareNotWarfare
I'm on The Autistic Culture Podcast, discussing Autistic creativity with @angelakingdon.bsky.social! @autisticculture.bsky.social
Listen on any podcast platform.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5erU...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
#AutisticCulture
#MusicalNeuroqueering
Listen on any podcast platform.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5erU...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
#AutisticCulture
#MusicalNeuroqueering
Pillar 7: Boldly Creating (Episode 145)
Autistic Culture | Where autism meets identity! · Episode
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July 1, 2025 at 12:49 PM
I'm on The Autistic Culture Podcast, discussing Autistic creativity with @angelakingdon.bsky.social! @autisticculture.bsky.social
Listen on any podcast platform.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5erU...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
#AutisticCulture
#MusicalNeuroqueering
Listen on any podcast platform.
Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5erU...
Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p...
#AutisticCulture
#MusicalNeuroqueering
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SICK IS NOT LAZY!
Fuck Labour, these amendments are not an improvement, delaying the life-threatening cuts for existing claimants doesn't make them OK!
#UKPolitics #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights
Fuck Labour, these amendments are not an improvement, delaying the life-threatening cuts for existing claimants doesn't make them OK!
#UKPolitics #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights
June 28, 2025 at 9:29 AM
SICK IS NOT LAZY!
Fuck Labour, these amendments are not an improvement, delaying the life-threatening cuts for existing claimants doesn't make them OK!
#UKPolitics #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights
Fuck Labour, these amendments are not an improvement, delaying the life-threatening cuts for existing claimants doesn't make them OK!
#UKPolitics #TakingThePIP #DisabledRights
I had a great time today discussing Autistic creative processes with @angelakingdon.bsky.social for @autisticculture.bsky.social, brainstorming ways to reclaim the joy of our sensory experiences through creative practice.
#ActuallyAutistic What are your ways of doing that?
#MusicalNeuroqueering
#ActuallyAutistic What are your ways of doing that?
#MusicalNeuroqueering
June 26, 2025 at 3:57 PM
I had a great time today discussing Autistic creative processes with @angelakingdon.bsky.social for @autisticculture.bsky.social, brainstorming ways to reclaim the joy of our sensory experiences through creative practice.
#ActuallyAutistic What are your ways of doing that?
#MusicalNeuroqueering
#ActuallyAutistic What are your ways of doing that?
#MusicalNeuroqueering
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Inspired by the fabulous conference hosted by @ndhumanities.bsky.social here is a new starter pack of researchers, advocates and organisations all working hard to make the world a better place for Neurodivergent/ Disabled and other marginalised communities.
Space for more
go.bsky.app/6ftC1uS
Space for more
go.bsky.app/6ftC1uS
June 25, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Inspired by the fabulous conference hosted by @ndhumanities.bsky.social here is a new starter pack of researchers, advocates and organisations all working hard to make the world a better place for Neurodivergent/ Disabled and other marginalised communities.
Space for more
go.bsky.app/6ftC1uS
Space for more
go.bsky.app/6ftC1uS
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Great day today at our Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference! Highlights included a keynote from Lisa Johnson and Liorah Hoek & Sanne van Driel’s workshop on what understanding experiences of plural identities can bring to critical neurodiversity studies. The Sensory Den was also a real hit!
June 24, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Great day today at our Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference! Highlights included a keynote from Lisa Johnson and Liorah Hoek & Sanne van Driel’s workshop on what understanding experiences of plural identities can bring to critical neurodiversity studies. The Sensory Den was also a real hit!
I had a great time this afternoon presenting my collaboration with Niamh Gallagher as part of a fascinating panel on arts-based practices in neurodiversity research!
Looking forward to another exciting day tomorrow at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference @durhamimh.bsky.social
Looking forward to another exciting day tomorrow at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference @durhamimh.bsky.social
June 24, 2025 at 10:45 PM
I had a great time this afternoon presenting my collaboration with Niamh Gallagher as part of a fascinating panel on arts-based practices in neurodiversity research!
Looking forward to another exciting day tomorrow at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference @durhamimh.bsky.social
Looking forward to another exciting day tomorrow at the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference @durhamimh.bsky.social
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the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference @durhamimh.bsky.social starts tomorrow! Wishing I could attend literally every talk/panel/workshop.
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
June 23, 2025 at 9:24 AM
the Critical Neurodiversity Studies Conference @durhamimh.bsky.social starts tomorrow! Wishing I could attend literally every talk/panel/workshop.
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
I’ll be speaking about why critical media studies is essential to a critical turn in neurodiversity studies - catch me on the Digital panel tomorrow 🤸!
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A warm welcome to everyone joining us today in Durham for Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions! ndhumanities.com/wp-content/u...
ndhumanities.com
June 24, 2025 at 8:30 AM
A warm welcome to everyone joining us today in Durham for Critical Neurodiversity Studies: Directions/Intersections/Contradictions! ndhumanities.com/wp-content/u...
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Not every passion must be mined for teachable moments. Gem Clutton explains that for children with monotropic attention profiles, which are widely understood within autistic communities as a core feature of autistic cognition, this approach can easily go astray. loom.ly/8TEBOJM
When joyful autonomy matters so much more than curriculum outcomes
There is a particular kind of attention some children bring to the things they love. What is monotropism? How should we respond?
loom.ly
June 22, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Not every passion must be mined for teachable moments. Gem Clutton explains that for children with monotropic attention profiles, which are widely understood within autistic communities as a core feature of autistic cognition, this approach can easily go astray. loom.ly/8TEBOJM
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J.K. Rowling is a menace to society whose anti-trans rhetoric is violent and encourages offline violence. Her telling people to take pictures of suspected trans women in bathrooms and disseminate them is sexual harassment. And it puts everyone in the women’s bathroom in danger.
June 23, 2025 at 1:17 PM
J.K. Rowling is a menace to society whose anti-trans rhetoric is violent and encourages offline violence. Her telling people to take pictures of suspected trans women in bathrooms and disseminate them is sexual harassment. And it puts everyone in the women’s bathroom in danger.
Still time to book some online tickets for this conference! I'm thrilled to be presenting there tomorrow (24/06) alongside some absolutely incredible people!
Get your online ticket for the Critical Neurodiversity Studies conference here: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/critical-n... (get the tix for each day you want to attend!)
Well done, @louisecreechan.bsky.social for organising this!
-- and @ndhumanities.bsky.social & @durhamimh.bsky.social
Well done, @louisecreechan.bsky.social for organising this!
-- and @ndhumanities.bsky.social & @durhamimh.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Still time to book some online tickets for this conference! I'm thrilled to be presenting there tomorrow (24/06) alongside some absolutely incredible people!
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Yes I agree... I wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Feels relevant to share and add to this discussion: autisticrealms.com/the-power-of...
The Power of Monotropic Flow: Reclaiming Ourselves Through Creative Practice | Autistic Realms
“Art opens up space for healing and a way of reclaiming your own narrative". Letting go of how we should rest or should work opens up a pathway towards ...
autisticrealms.com
June 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Yes I agree... I wrote this a couple of weeks ago. Feels relevant to share and add to this discussion: autisticrealms.com/the-power-of...
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"go chat with other scientists!" is common advice, which can yield great exchanges w/ just the right ppl, but is always stressful for me and has to happen at just the right time... I feel much more nimble diving thru literature on my own, so I can follow hunches, take notes, switch gears on a whim
June 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
"go chat with other scientists!" is common advice, which can yield great exchanges w/ just the right ppl, but is always stressful for me and has to happen at just the right time... I feel much more nimble diving thru literature on my own, so I can follow hunches, take notes, switch gears on a whim
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In research, I definitely feel most comfortable + creative when I have an open ended question with just the right level of challenge (I really enjoy "what missing info helps me reconcile x contradictions in my data/ the field") AND the time + space to wander in the literature by myself...
June 21, 2025 at 2:37 AM
In research, I definitely feel most comfortable + creative when I have an open ended question with just the right level of challenge (I really enjoy "what missing info helps me reconcile x contradictions in my data/ the field") AND the time + space to wander in the literature by myself...
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I’m comfortable when I’m feeling safe - sensory wise and where I am / who I’m with how i can communicate / move. I generally prefer being online or by myself for all these reasons - going with my own (monotropic!) flow !
June 20, 2025 at 9:22 PM
I’m comfortable when I’m feeling safe - sensory wise and where I am / who I’m with how i can communicate / move. I generally prefer being online or by myself for all these reasons - going with my own (monotropic!) flow !