Neurodivergent Humanities Network
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We're excited and proud to share that network member Rhiannon Hawkins has produced the world's first Mental Health Vulnerability Index RE climate change, which is so important in the context of the climate crisis! Read her work here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
#ClimateChange #MentalHealth
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#ClimateChange #MentalHealth
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November 5, 2025 at 9:41 AM
We're excited and proud to share that network member Rhiannon Hawkins has produced the world's first Mental Health Vulnerability Index RE climate change, which is so important in the context of the climate crisis! Read her work here:
www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
#ClimateChange #MentalHealth
www.ucl.ac.uk/mathematical...
#ClimateChange #MentalHealth
Network co-lead @danielpjones.bsky.social is facilitating a roundtable on the interdisciplinary futures of Tourette Syndrome research!
More info below! 🤩
#TouretteSyndrome #MedicalHumanities #AcademicSky
More info below! 🤩
#TouretteSyndrome #MedicalHumanities #AcademicSky
What is the future of Tourette Syndrome research, beyond the 'syndrome'?
I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds?
Tickets⬇️
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I'm really excited to be facilitating a remote roundtable of provocations with these folks. Why not come along, and see what the future of interdisciplinary TS research holds?
Tickets⬇️
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/towards-to...
Towards Tourettic Studies: The Future of Tourette Syndrome Research
An interdisciplinary symposium on Tourette Syndrome, imagining a future of Tourettic Studies that is looking beyond the syndrome.
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October 27, 2025 at 1:35 PM
Network co-lead @danielpjones.bsky.social is facilitating a roundtable on the interdisciplinary futures of Tourette Syndrome research!
More info below! 🤩
#TouretteSyndrome #MedicalHumanities #AcademicSky
More info below! 🤩
#TouretteSyndrome #MedicalHumanities #AcademicSky
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Check out our 2 new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrating Autistic experiences and perspectives.
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Educational Animation Videos about Autistic Experiences
Our two new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrate Autistic experiences and perspectives.
www.thrivingautistic.org
October 23, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Check out our 2 new neuro-affirming educational animation videos celebrating Autistic experiences and perspectives.
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...
www.thrivingautistic.org/autistic-exp...
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I’m excited to announce the first two webinars in the WAARC series “Dreaming Up A Disability-Inclusive Workplace”.
29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo
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26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence
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29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo
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26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence
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October 14, 2025 at 8:54 AM
I’m excited to announce the first two webinars in the WAARC series “Dreaming Up A Disability-Inclusive Workplace”.
29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo
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26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence
lnkd.in/e3y32vkg
29 Oct: Intersecting Identities and Disabled Joy with Amelia Lander-Cavallo
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26 Nov: Complicated Pride: Disability, Neurodiversity and Ambivalence
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Tomorrow marks the start of my #Dance Residency with Dance City. I'll be exploring #urban #affect and its impact on the Tourettic body, and considering the value of tics in performance spaces for translating experiences of #TouretteSyndrome! 🕺
Here's to making art! 🌟
(Photos from previous work!)
Here's to making art! 🌟
(Photos from previous work!)
October 14, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Tomorrow marks the start of my #Dance Residency with Dance City. I'll be exploring #urban #affect and its impact on the Tourettic body, and considering the value of tics in performance spaces for translating experiences of #TouretteSyndrome! 🕺
Here's to making art! 🌟
(Photos from previous work!)
Here's to making art! 🌟
(Photos from previous work!)
🚨 Fully funded PhD positions across Europe: TRANSCEND Doctoral Network 🚨
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October 13, 2025 at 2:23 PM
🚨 Fully funded PhD positions across Europe: TRANSCEND Doctoral Network 🚨
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🚨FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS in Transformative Humanities, Durham University. 🚨
📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend.
📄 8 studentships available.
⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25.
⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26.
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📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend.
📄 8 studentships available.
⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25.
⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26.
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PhD Studentships in Transformative Humanities - Durham University
www.durham.ac.uk
October 13, 2025 at 2:14 PM
🚨FUNDED PhD STUDENTSHIPS in Transformative Humanities, Durham University. 🚨
📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend.
📄 8 studentships available.
⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25.
⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
📄 Tuition fee waiver, 3.5 year stipend.
📄 8 studentships available.
⁉️ Q&A session 10/11/25.
⏱️ Application deadline: 16/01/26.
www.durham.ac.uk/departments/...
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I'm so excited about this upcoming volume by @wardasworld.bsky.social and have asked my subject librarian to pre-order it. Farah's book works at the nexus of race, neurodiversity and culture to rethink speech language therapy practices.
www.routledge.com/White-System...
www.routledge.com/White-System...
White System, Black Therapist: Racism, Resistance and Reimagining Speech Language Therapy
In this book, Warda Farah brings a fresh perspective to the field of Speech and Language Therapy, challenging traditional approaches and opening crucial conversations about race, culture, and neurodiv...
www.routledge.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:45 AM
I'm so excited about this upcoming volume by @wardasworld.bsky.social and have asked my subject librarian to pre-order it. Farah's book works at the nexus of race, neurodiversity and culture to rethink speech language therapy practices.
www.routledge.com/White-System...
www.routledge.com/White-System...
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Lex Academic scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students doing groundbreaking research in the humanities!
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Scholarships - Lex Academic®
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October 6, 2025 at 8:48 AM
Lex Academic scholarships for dyslexic postgraduate students doing groundbreaking research in the humanities!
www.lexacademic.com/scholarships/
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The “Science of Reading” isn’t science—it’s a marketing slogan used to enshrine phonics-based instruction into law. This article explores how GLPs are excluded, remediated, and monetised by an industry built on enclosure.
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Literacy for Sale: How the “Science of Reading” Became an Industry—and Why GLPs Are Left Behind
How the “Science of Reading” Became a Profitable Illusion—and Why Gestalt Language Processors Were Never Meant to Succeed Within It
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September 16, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The “Science of Reading” isn’t science—it’s a marketing slogan used to enshrine phonics-based instruction into law. This article explores how GLPs are excluded, remediated, and monetised by an industry built on enclosure.
open.substack.com/pub/autside/...
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Our leadership member, Daniel, has written this excellent article which reflects on matters of meaningful inclusion when organising and/or facilitating academic events.
Just published: Inclusion and Sharing Best Practice for Academic Events Facilitation ✨
The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations!
Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations!
Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
sheffield.ac.uk
September 11, 2025 at 10:49 AM
Our leadership member, Daniel, has written this excellent article which reflects on matters of meaningful inclusion when organising and/or facilitating academic events.
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Just published: Inclusion and Sharing Best Practice for Academic Events Facilitation ✨
The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations!
Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations!
Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
sheffield.ac.uk
September 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Just published: Inclusion and Sharing Best Practice for Academic Events Facilitation ✨
The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations!
Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
The sharing of best practice is, and always will be, more important than competing for institutional accessibility accreditations!
Read my reflections here: sheffield.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
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Another shout out for @bloomsburylit.bsky.social 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies' in our med hums series, from @louisecreechan.bsky.social , Jenny Bergenmar and Anna Stenning. It's a foundational collection and one that will be very, very important for the field.
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Critical Neurodiversity Studies
This landmark volume for neurodiversity studies introduces a new, more inclusive field of scholarship for literary and cultural studies. Bringing together schol…
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August 20, 2025 at 7:23 AM
Another shout out for @bloomsburylit.bsky.social 'Critical Neurodiversity Studies' in our med hums series, from @louisecreechan.bsky.social , Jenny Bergenmar and Anna Stenning. It's a foundational collection and one that will be very, very important for the field.
www.bloomsbury.com/critical-neu...
www.bloomsbury.com/critical-neu...
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We're excited to see our paper published in @bmj.com BMJ Open today!
The paper highlights lacking prioritisation for #TicDisorders & #TS, compounded by a healthcare system with no space for multidisciplinary approaches!
Always a pleasure to work with these folks! 🤩
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
The paper highlights lacking prioritisation for #TicDisorders & #TS, compounded by a healthcare system with no space for multidisciplinary approaches!
Always a pleasure to work with these folks! 🤩
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
bmjopen.bmj.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:16 PM
We're excited to see our paper published in @bmj.com BMJ Open today!
The paper highlights lacking prioritisation for #TicDisorders & #TS, compounded by a healthcare system with no space for multidisciplinary approaches!
Always a pleasure to work with these folks! 🤩
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
The paper highlights lacking prioritisation for #TicDisorders & #TS, compounded by a healthcare system with no space for multidisciplinary approaches!
Always a pleasure to work with these folks! 🤩
bmjopen.bmj.com/content/bmjo...
#BSL interpretation job opportunity! WAARC’s anti-ableist research culture podcast is looking for someone to provide British Sign Language interpretation - get in touch with @danielpjones.bsky.social for info!
At WAARC, we’ve just finished recording our limited series podcast! We’re now looking forward #BritishSignLanguage interpreters to help us interpret the episodes. It’s a paid opportunity, and the recordings will be hosted on @sheffielduni.bsky.social website. Any leads? #BSA #AcademicSky
September 1, 2025 at 2:05 PM
#BSL interpretation job opportunity! WAARC’s anti-ableist research culture podcast is looking for someone to provide British Sign Language interpretation - get in touch with @danielpjones.bsky.social for info!
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@ndhumanities.bsky.social @jamesaldridgeart.bsky.social @stimpunks.org @dr-nicky.bsky.social @the-polyphony.bsky.social @ombretarragnat.bsky.social & @emergentdivergence.com and more are listed as recommended reading /websites to explore/ follow
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Images and art coming soon. In the mean time….. Explore More… Inspiring websites and work that have hugely influenced my thoughts and ways of being. Stimpunks.org is a radically inclusi…
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@ndhumanities.bsky.social @jamesaldridgeart.bsky.social @stimpunks.org @dr-nicky.bsky.social @the-polyphony.bsky.social @ombretarragnat.bsky.social & @emergentdivergence.com and more are listed as recommended reading /websites to explore/ follow
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6 days until the deadline for abstracts!
📣🚨 CFP: Neurodiversity Special Issue: A Critical Turn in Neurodiversity Studies: Bridging the Arts, Humanities and the Social Sciences 📣🚨
📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!
Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
📝Abstract deadline: 3 August 2025
✉️ Please share widely with arts, humanities and social science networks!
Full call: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm...
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July 28, 2025 at 8:31 AM
6 days until the deadline for abstracts!
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Last summer I had the pleasure of chatting with @journals.sagepub.com about my work on #TouretteSyndrome and inclusive research methods - the video is now live as a part of the 'SAGE Knowledge' #DisabilityStudies Collection, and available here:
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#AcademicSky
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July 14, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Last summer I had the pleasure of chatting with @journals.sagepub.com about my work on #TouretteSyndrome and inclusive research methods - the video is now live as a part of the 'SAGE Knowledge' #DisabilityStudies Collection, and available here:
sk.sagepub.com/video/touret...
#AcademicSky
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#AcademicSky
Hi BlueSky folks! Over the summer, this account is monitored intermittently due to team capacity, so please bear with us with response times!
If you have an urgent query, please do email us at NeurodivergentHumanities@gmail.com
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If you have an urgent query, please do email us at NeurodivergentHumanities@gmail.com
😊
July 14, 2025 at 9:36 AM
Hi BlueSky folks! Over the summer, this account is monitored intermittently due to team capacity, so please bear with us with response times!
If you have an urgent query, please do email us at NeurodivergentHumanities@gmail.com
😊
If you have an urgent query, please do email us at NeurodivergentHumanities@gmail.com
😊
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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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This really meant so much! I had to present remotely due to my health, but with all these incredible accessibility measures in place I wish I could have been there in person! Thank you @ndhumanities.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social @drrobertchapman.bsky.social and the other organisers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
July 3, 2025 at 1:39 PM
This really meant so much! I had to present remotely due to my health, but with all these incredible accessibility measures in place I wish I could have been there in person! Thank you @ndhumanities.bsky.social @louisecreechan.bsky.social @drrobertchapman.bsky.social and the other organisers 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
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The conference was fabulous, thank you!
So many new people and great connections here - very inspiring!
So many new people and great connections here - very inspiring!
June 28, 2025 at 5:53 PM
The conference was fabulous, thank you!
So many new people and great connections here - very inspiring!
So many new people and great connections here - very inspiring!
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You’re so welcome although we should clarify that it was @durhamimh.bsky.social who organised the conference! We just hosted the online elements on our website! so glad you enjoyed yourselves and McGee is the coolest 🥰
June 27, 2025 at 2:10 PM
You’re so welcome although we should clarify that it was @durhamimh.bsky.social who organised the conference! We just hosted the online elements on our website! so glad you enjoyed yourselves and McGee is the coolest 🥰